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Constantinus Maximus
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Posted - 2011.06.24 05:46:00 -
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Originally by: BeanBagKing
Originally by: Veras Divinia In an ideal world, CCP would remove MT from the game - for good. That would go a long way to restoring trust and respect. More likely, a simple declaration that only Vanity (eg. non game enhancing) items will be sold would go a little way to rebuilding trust. An real apology and an acknowledgment of how badly CCP treated its player base on this issue would start it back on the road to respect.
Quoting this, and I'm going to bold that last paragraph.
Just too late. Maybe 9 months ago, probably 6-8 months ago it was already beyond the point of no return.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 05:54:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 05:55:45
Originally by: CCP Pann
ThereÆs a lot happening, things are changing quickly and we havenÆt been as forthcoming as you were used to in the past.
So you bought that bull**** line from Hilmars latest management book which said people are afraid of change?
It's not change we're worried about.
It's that CCP has become a completely broken company which has resulted in your complete and total failure.
edit: What is all this crap about answering questions? No one has any questions. They are all too painfully aware of exactly who CCP is now. Nothing you can say.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 05:57:00 -
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Originally by: Mikkymisodonlow I think you need to step down Pann, seriously, take a good long look at what ccp higher ups are doing here. USING YOU.
What for? you may ask...
This.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 05:59:00 -
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http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=344
Inform the new victims.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 06:04:00 -
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Originally by: Aineko Macx NGE
I like how this word instills fear into people in the MMO industry, so lets keep repeating :) CCP, are you trying to be the next NGE?
"are the next" not "are trying to be the next". Present tense, not past tense.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 06:06:00 -
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Originally by: Jerry Pepridge
Originally by: Raikov Vanskenski This thread now has over 127,000 views. I think that this alone speaks volumes.
100 Butthurt nerds with old computers, 4-5 trolls, 1 eve employee pressing F5.
^ and 1 massive fool
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Posted - 2011.06.24 06:09:00 -
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Originally by: John'eh How about this: a bunch of angry ex-customers create competition in the form of another internet spaceships game, who then crush CCP and end up buying it and firing everybody at the top.
Would that be acceptable to CCP?
There is no need for competition.
They collapsed all by themselves. No one even had to push them.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 06:51:00 -
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Originally by: Aineko Macx It bears repeating: CCP is not reconsidering. They will just try to be more gentle while shoving the same **** down our throat.
It's so true it's actually funny.
They're *that* isolated and disconnected from what the issues are.
Hilmar thinks it's because humans fear change ROFL!
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Posted - 2011.06.24 06:56:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 06:56:19
Originally by: Vikarion Edited by: Vikarion on 24/06/2011 06:52:00 Dear CCP:
It is not just CQ. It is not just the prices. It's that you lied to us about your intentions and that you view us as gullible scum.
This is the thing... In Eve you are trained how to recognise this kind of bull****.
Then some noob CFO comes along and thinks he can fool us?
Sure we're just moron humans who will fall for **** like anyone in Jita.... but.... really?
Well I guess there were a lot of deniers until yesterday, but people wake up quickly when it comes to crunch time.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 07:46:00 -
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To those who think CCP can say something to fix this, do something to fix this, change something to fix this.
Contact some 0.0 alliance player you know who has been around for a little while.
Ask them what a fail-cascade looks like.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 07:53:00 -
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CCP can i haz your stuff?
How much for one of those tripple head monitor setups you have?
Can I get a cheap RAMSAN array?
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Posted - 2011.06.24 08:08:00 -
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Originally by: knobber Jobbler The store prices are bad but you've still not been proactive enough about botting. You can go down to geminate right now and see people botting.
Sort your **** out ccp.
This is the plan.
Who needs users when you have massive money laundering operation with the ability to write all the fake recipes you like.
Search up who owns CCP.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 08:14:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 08:15:22
Originally by: Talsha Talamar
Originally by: Vaerah Vahrokha
Originally by: CCP Manifest
The designs we will implement in game will not **** over the sandbox.
And who guarantees us that?
Indeed.
There is the need for a clear commitment. Have the CEO step forward and deliver a statement in a clear and concinse language. Then enact the required changes in game and in CCPs business behaviour.
Chain Legal to a pole and gag them if you need to.
If you employ superficial damage control, this situation will be prolonged and much more importantly will repeat itself worse than ever.
You cannot spin this, you have to solve it.
On paper signed by Hilmar and witnessed on his personal liability or they can STFU.
edit: with investors signed on as well.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 08:20:00 -
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Again. To the people who say "the moment they XXX I'll unsubscribe".
This isn't a game-design issue.
It is a complete breakdown of the internal structure of CCP.
It's the company. They are a massive mess that can't be fixed.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 08:35:00 -
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Originally by: Nullity .... It was extremely lucrative for a long time. It just wasn't lucrative enough to support a poorly managed corporation managing two other misguided projects.
So very true.
My contract with CCP was very simple. Had nothing to do with a non-binding EULA.
I pay them. They keep game running forever.
It really was that simple. They broke their end of the contract when they decided to massively expand beyond their capabilities and beyond the service I pay for the maintaining of.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 08:44:00 -
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Originally by: Irulan Corinno
Well since you insist on the staying power of the Aurum shop I guess you desperately need more money for some reason, purpose or other?
Maybe because they're out of money, DUST and WoD are over budget, while their investors are broke and screaming.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 09:06:00 -
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_failure http://www.pnas.org/content/105/36/13223/F2.large.jpg http://www.ece.wisc.edu/~dobson/FIGURES/118line_L1G1.67P0.0001Mod.gif http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/HTMLs/Blueprints/DesigningForReliability/table27.jpg
For the few remaining paying customers.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 09:13:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 09:14:02
Originally by: Sur Jamkar
This was very poorly played CCP.
lol he said "planned" and "CCP" in the same sentence :-)
edit: doh played. time to play some Bad Company.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 09:15:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 09:16:03
Originally by: Patches Donnarblizen CCP, you should have something like a roadmap, which shows ie. what kind of items you want to sell in future and what will be with our precious ship hangar. Just tell us the truth here so I can hit the unsub button...
Simple. All the stuff they removed from the game plus all the stuff they promised to one day add.
edit: watch the video in my sig, sums up the details of exactly what they're selling. Basically code they've already deployed being re-deployed for pay.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 09:17:00 -
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Originally by: Aganola
Originally by: Sur Jamkar And where the **** is the CSM??!? Where is our elected council??? I bet CSM5 knew about this but couldn't speak more than they did because of the NDA you hit em with.
This was very poorly played CCP.
The CSM cannot do anything about this. NDA is binding them in chains. And in case of any breach, the whole bunch is flown off to the Icelandic Rura Penthe...
NDA doesn't matter now. CCP is dead and will be way too busy wrapping up the company to chase around NDAs.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 09:28:00 -
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You know there is a real upside to all this.
Empire carebears and people who joined after Dominion now get to see first hand a proper corp fail-cascade.
Originally by: Nika Dekaia
Although I will not quit just yet - be sure I will as soon as there is anything non vanity in your store. You ****ing promised it would be vanity only.
You've missed the point like a couple of others. This stuff proves what many have been saying for 2-3 years, CCP itself if the broken thing. Not the game or implementation of features.
The thing you say you will quit over has already happened and past. Unsubscribe before you're the only one left.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 09:34:00 -
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Originally by: Lady Aleena Edited by: Lady Aleena on 24/06/2011 09:34:03 I didn't read the whole 81 pages so I apologize if I repeat what already has been said. Therefore I respond to your first post only.
In my humble opinion you miss the order of the main points of concern.
Imho people do not like (in that order):
a) Micro-Transactions that affect the game play. I think most people like or do not care about vanity items.
b) Not being able to have the option to keep the status quo of their station screen (spinnable ship).
c) CQ having performance issues.
d) CCP developing stuff that the current population does not care that much about when you could hone the game the people like to play (though most people understand you want to address a broader audience).
e) The actual items and prize of the shop (mind this is the last point of concer).
f) all of the above = CCP management.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 09:42:00 -
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Originally by: Sahvi Morvaalis
Originally by: Jefferson H Clay
So... with NeX providing all of our Incarna content... why, exactly, would I build a bar/shop/coffee house/hash bar/whatever in a station?
This was what I was talking about in my earlier post. If the whole point of this expansion is adding immersion to the game, player (or NPC, but preferably player) -run shops in stations providing these items would add to that far more than a little window in the CQ ever could.
Can't charge for it if users build it.
Someone has gone over the features with a fine tooth comb and extracted every last cent from every part of the mechanics.
Features that involved user creation of items locked out CCP selling the items themselves and were quickly scrapped or refactored into MT.
Along with this existing content was removed only to be re-added for cash.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 09:53:00 -
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Originally by: Tappits You don't get to use parley as you dont keep to the code....
Damn fine point!
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Posted - 2011.06.24 09:55:00 -
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Originally by: Miilla Eve: The worlds EMPTYEST game universe.
It was a close run thing. They *almost* got to the point where customers were fully milked and mafia could just take over with RMT and site licenses to launder their money.
I wonder how angry they are that CCP ****ed it up before the structure was complete.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:03:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 10:04:29
Originally by: Enuen Ravenseye
Will there ever be in-game items (ships, mods, ammo, etc) OR specific mechanics (faction, SOV, etc) for purchase using AUR?
Just answer the question, yes or no
Psst. It so doesn't matter. There is no EveOnline anymore.
edit: Sorry that was wrong. There is no CCPGames anymore.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:09:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 10:10:24
Originally by: Ronaldo Carrare So after 2-3 days of silence you admit that you just wanted your playerbase to post until their eyes started bleeding hoping they'd stop after that and you could continue without giving a proper answer...but that didn't happen so you decided to post here.
And what did you say? That you're sorry you didn't talk faster. But you're not saying anything, you have only apologized for the delay then you used a lot of "I can't say" "I won't say" "I didn't" "I wasn't" "I am not" etc. Basically you're not the person that should be giving answers. You are not apologizing for anything except being late. You don't apologize for the prices or the leaked document or the ****ty direction the game is taking. You're not. So screw you pann and whoever else is behind this.
Yeah they forgot many of us have 3 or 12 month renewals.
Some will get banned to try and improve the look of the forums.
Really just another symptom that they don't understand the **** they're in.
Right now CCP consists of 3 mates telling each other "The users are just raging, give it 3 days, lets go get drunk".
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:14:00 -
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Originally by: Strube Eeter I'm a new subscriber (2 months) and have always hated MMO's until I found EVE on a free trial. I have no resistance to change yet as I don't have the emotional or financial investment that many of these guys have earned.
See what you think of that investment of subscription fees when they go F2P.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:16:00 -
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Originally by: Mark Hamill
THIS... is utterly hilarious. They break out the PR staff to abate the pitchforks and then one calls us stupid and ignorant behind our backs?
So EveTycoon dev is out like all the other 3rd party services?
CCP don't get that part. They think you're 1% "acceptable loss" in an SQL query.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:32:00 -
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Originally by: Miilla Edited by: Miilla on 24/06/2011 10:21:51
I never got to experience any MMO company self destructions before
Now I am right in it :)
It's awesome fun to see a company destroy itself, really it is,
The fun part is, the people running the company just cannot see it.
The next thing on my list of TODO's is to watch a real live train wreck to compare it.
Checkout the "Seconds from Disaster" series. Has many examples of fail-cascades like CCP.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:34:00 -
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Originally by: Venetian Tar
Originally by: Bob the'Cyno I think CCP gave up reading posts here like 50 pages back.
I'd say after page 1 actually.
lol deluded if you think they've even opened the forum URL.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:39:00 -
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Originally by: Adunh Slavy
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h334/adunh/MoonSpeech.png
Some article they read awhile back told them that WoW made more money by making their game easier.
Some genius thought this would apply to a niche product with strong demand for complex gameplay.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:44:00 -
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Originally by: Glyken Touchon re-posting from another of my posts as this thread seems to be getting Dev attention.
ROFL!
Wow.... Big SQL query just run on the forums, looped the CPU for at least 30sec and thread moves back a bunch of posts.
Seems they are just running queries with mixes of keywords.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:46:00 -
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Originally by: Tehlana Riolis
Originally by: Enuen Ravenseye
To make the question clear:
Will there ever be in-game items (ships, mods, ammo, etc) OR specific mechanics (faction, SOV, etc) for purchase using AUR?
Just answer the question, yes or no
Seriously, at this point that's the only question you need to answer ... and it needs to be answered NOW.
"Hey CCP here, we know, we know. The answer is *some lie*. Please stay subscribed until DUST is released then we can move onto WoD."
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:50:00 -
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Originally by: DeathCam So what is this....90 pages in 11 hours or something like that?
Plus the other 80 pages in first 24 hours, plus the posts which have been deleted, plus the massive deletions from the devblog thread.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:57:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 10:57:41 http://www.umbodsmaduralthingis.is/category.aspx?catID=18
Does anyone know if their Ombudsman looks after mediation of customer disputes or is there another body?
edit: seems more focused at govt, says no individuals, corps are kinda individuals, I think not... but anyone know.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:59:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 11:00:14
Originally by: ovenproofjet
Quote: The developers of this company will always play the games that they build here. Without being fully immersed in the player experience, perspective, and community, it is impossible to build, maintain, and expand online worlds with any degree of competency. And while that does expose us to some degree of risk, the rewards are incalculably higher.
CCP Hilmar once said this, in the wake of th t20 scandal. Do you still stay true to this CCP?
Nope. They got a bit tight on what their devs could do in-game and the arms-race ended.
Many may not agree with me but I think the failing of CCP goes back this far. Lost their buzz for it.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 11:04:00 -
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Originally by: Creetalor 1. I think the majority of people are mainly mad about the pricing of the NEX
You are wrong, sorry.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 11:07:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 11:07:20
Originally by: xeitgeist Absolutely not. You said micro-transactions would be vanity only and you lied. You lied to your customers who have been playing your game for 8 years. You removed content from the game just so you can sell it back to players at ludicrous prices. You added a completely useless "feature" that completely screws over anyone who can't afford a new computer. 90% of your customers told you not to waste time on it to begin with and you deliberately ignored them. All you've actually done in the last couple years is nerf the gameplay and add a bunch of useless garbage nobody uses and devise ways to make the game completely unfair to people who don't want to pay extra money for it.
Either get used to this big sh*tstorm or go tell the real developers to grow a pair of nuts and respond to their customers themselves.
Amen.
edit: tho leave the devs outta it. It's all in the boardroom.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 11:10:00 -
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Originally by: Max Gades Greed - the root of all evil.
It's not really even greed as much as incompetence.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 11:12:00 -
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Originally by: Cyaxares II Chribba should hold CCP shares as security
lol that's a solution we can work with!
Ok here's the plan CCP.
Give Chribba all the money that is designated for DUST and WoD.
He holds it in escrow and you get it back when you've fixed your company. :-D
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Posted - 2011.06.24 11:16:00 -
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Originally by: moola Looks to me like the MT model is being put in for us to get used to it, then they will drop the sub model and focus on the the "new" games they are making, dumping eve.
I hope i am wrong but i kinda seen this coming ages ago, not the MT part but CCP cant run eve like they used to with the newer products, they dont have the staff/capital/focus.
That has clearly been their intention for a few years now if you religiously read CSM minutes and watch every interview/fanfest etc.
What is worse from reading that material is the insight you get to just how broken the company is.
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Originally by: Trebor Daehdoow
We try and communicate with the players as much as possible. Sure, there are some things that are NDA
Not your fault. Feel sorry for you having to deal with some of these people directly.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 11:26:00 -
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Originally by: Catheressia
I'm seriously considering cancelling for the first time ever in EVE.
If MT ever starts selling anything other vanity items I'm definately off and I will be really sad to leave.
So how many months are you planning to remain "gullible scum"?
You know those guys in Jita who refuse to believe they've been scammed?
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Posted - 2011.06.24 11:35:00 -
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Originally by: Sister Bliss
It's clear that your focus is on bringing in new players, but without fixing the core mechanics which keeps players here long term, you're just treading water. The vision and creativity which we saw and belived in years ago has long since faded and died. Today even the smallest of fixes is met with cheer given how low everyones expecations have settled (this alone should make you very concerned).
This is the really strange part of the whole story.
They got the stat back from the good Doctor that customer retention was 7 months, then launched into this way of thinking about it.
Really strange, no account was taken for the size of the niche market they had near completely captured. They only saw the size of the market as a hindrance to growth instead of seeing it as their bread and butter.
A hell of a lot of that market was sitting unsubscribed waiting for a phonecall telling them CCP had fixed XYZ bug.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 11:42:00 -
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So eve is cold and dead now?
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Posted - 2011.06.24 11:45:00 -
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100-101 has to be the fastest page of posts ever on these forums by far.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 11:48:00 -
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqZcEwHBAk8
Posting again for CCP, not cause it would change anything, just cause I'd like to see it. :-)
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Posted - 2011.06.24 11:50:00 -
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Originally by: AnzacPaul
Originally by: DeBingJos Helicity Boson on Twitter: Huzzah! I have been permabanned from EVE-online! #tweetfleet
Wait, what?????
is this legit?
Happens everytime, usually the herd bands together and dismiss it as trolling.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 12:13:00 -
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Originally by: Generous Benefactor Bull****. Stop treating your customers like imbeciles or children. We don't need handholding or explaining the greater concepts of your strategy. We know exactly what you are doing and we don't like it and nor do we want it. And we are telling you time and time again that WE DO NOT LIKE IT AND WE DO NOT WANT IT. Do you understand? If you like, I will write a blog and/or walk you through it on my test server and in an interview if you wish.
QFT
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Posted - 2011.06.24 12:17:00 -
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Originally by: Aina O'Sinnor 250k! Keep it up, CCP has still Mob-Aggro.
Twitter on Helicity
Pastebin of Helicity's communication with CCP
WHAT A READ!
Playing the "hang-up" trick?? ROFL!
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Posted - 2011.06.24 12:24:00 -
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Originally by: Yoruichi kun This post will probably drown in the all the useless postings with no meaning to help our case but hell I give it a shot.
First I am not against progress, progress is good. So CQ I like it, it looks great but surely needs some major tweaking. We all know it's the first step although not everybody is happy with it, it is needed to get a bigger fanbase imo. Not everybody will/desires/aspires to be a pvp'er some of those people will be station dwellers when station walking get full blown.
Why peeps getting nut about CQ I dunno yes there maybe hardware troubles for some. If you have older hardware time to upgrade, if not either check it not on your side or petition for it or there is a thread somewhere on the forums for it. I am not saying here you claims are not legit but keep that in mind. I myself have no big problems with performance in CQ, what my problem is the non support towards ATI/AMD maybe it time for ccp to make the step toward DX11 Maybe it will improve performance toward other peeps as well.
NEX or AURUM again it's not something bad, but in the way it presented now... well that's a big problem. MT can be a good thing if it's done right the cloth selling because it will be part of station walking sure good thing but not at these prices. Selling of ships with a special npc skin outside of the faction ships is a good idea like that golden scorp presented on AT9 But keep it at that and balance the prices. Selling SP well i hope that just a rumor do not take away player progress, if that idea real.. dot it with a implant a special one that gives a boost for like 30 days at what 50% more speed.
CQ is here to stay but needs some major work. NEX and AURUM totally out of balance Back upped tweak work on the gameplay needs to be looked at asap. Think about DX11 time to have some progress there also to deal with a lot client problems
Get your fanbase trust you again.
I am no ragequiter I wait and see how CCP gonna do now.
Here you go, need a bump for the people who are lurkers not posters. CCP just dismiss forums as small sub-set usually.
You're pretty much right, most people don't care too much about NeX or anything.
It's the fact CCPGames the company is completely broken.
We had a contract with them that they'd maintain the service which provides our "hobby". They tried to expand and broke that contract.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 12:27:00 -
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Originally by: San Severina
Originally by: Zly Dziad Fail mmo company is fail :)
Just ban me you scumbags - fvck you guys - go to hell & die in a fire!!!!
BAN HIM!
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Posted - 2011.06.24 12:30:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 12:32:31
Originally by: ddogg
1. You either follow a free to play game shop model or a subscription model - you don't get to have the best of both.
It's F2P they've decided on.
That is the next surprise for the few people who remain before the server is shutdown.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 12:35:00 -
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Originally by: Isis Soryu
Originally by: I'm Down
Originally by: xeitgeist
The person who posted CCP's leaked documents has been permanently banned on all accounts. Let this be an lesson to all of you.
It violates the EULA... no really, not kidding it does.
CCP can DIAF
EULA means what?
I signed nothing.
They tell me it has to be under Icelandic law and not the UN Convention on Contracts.
Pretty sure they can't weive my rights without paperwork or my informed concent.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 12:41:00 -
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Originally by: Republica Winder
Originally by: xeitgeist
The person who posted CCP's leaked documents has been permanently banned on all accounts. Let this be an lesson to all of you.
This has always been CCP's modus operendi. Did T20 get fired? NO, K got banned. Will Soundwave be fired? NO, the person who let us know what CCP was doing behind our backs gets banned.
You know, with Hulkageddon, Helicity has done more to bring content to EVE than THE LAST TWO YEARS WORTH OF EXPANSIONS! You should be ashamed, CCP. But you aren't, you're greed is showing.
Hulkageddon distracted half the userbase with "fun" and saved CCPs ass when their usual gameplay was broken... was it around the :18months: thing?
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Posted - 2011.06.24 12:51:00 -
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Originally by: SNeAkYbRiT
After this cluster **** where is the CEO of CCP? is he to almighty to lower himself to talk to the customers that finance his company and other projects? not much of a leader if he gets some lacky to do his grovelling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqZcEwHBAk8
Hilmar doing this and CCP wins?
or we just laugh?
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Posted - 2011.06.24 13:02:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 13:04:58
Originally by: Asmodeus Et'Mort Not only do the devs have time to post on twitter but here is an example of how seriously they are taking things, even if this is said in jest it is yet another example of how bad ccps crisis managment is.
@CCP_TardsauceCCP Tardsauce Our apologies for the mistake. We miscalculated the optimal price points at which to wring more money out of you while neglecting gameplay
read his tweets it really says it all about how they feel about us. The fact that managment are allowing an empoyee to tweet in such a contemptuous manner just beggers belief.
Been reading them. Stunned.
I knew they were in denial but to be trolling their customers.
See though, they still think this is the plan and that it will work.
edit: "this" being losing all their old burdensome players.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 13:09:00 -
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EveOnline: Incarna (special)
No longer top seller on Steam.
Congrats.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 13:27:00 -
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Originally by: Anakin Pubcrawler Unsubbed accounts. No other game to play but I don't care - I will play WoW on my sons account before I pay a single penny in MT in a game where you can pay for an advantage.
If you're looking for a "complex" game give Dwarf Fortress a shot.
Get ready to lose at least a week of your life.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 13:29:00 -
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Originally by: Ancyker Hacked into CCP Soundwaves account, look what I found:
http://files.ancyker.com/eve/damagecontrol.png
bahahahaha
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Posted - 2011.06.24 13:31:00 -
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Originally by: nubos lols 121 pages for 1 day - incredible
I can say that if eve gets hit by MT affecting game balance like tech 5 drake for 100$, me and my corp will quit that game and that is around 50 people and 200+ accounts.
You don't do too well with being scammed in Jita do you?
will?
you've already been scammed.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 13:48:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 13:49:56
Originally by: Zverofaust Edited by: Zverofaust on 24/06/2011 13:42:13 Think this sums it up nicely.
nice, might give them a clue.
Too late though.
edit: They could have got this stuff from CSM meetings and pre-deployment complaints threads.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 13:57:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 13:58:21 CCP dug their own grave and is now in it.
No one else is to blame.
The newsletter is just the talking piece, if you read around all this bull**** attitude from CCP has been public for years.
edit: and with each expansion comes closer to boiling over. Which it now has with a little help from information from multiple fronts.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 14:04:00 -
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Originally by: Los Quinton The most epic thing to happen now is CCP come on and tell us:
"Too many people are upset. We apoligze. For our punishment, we will close Eve permanantly and not make any more money from it. Sorry!"
Likely also the smartest thing.
Before the cashflow eats too deep.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 14:10:00 -
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Ok I have a plan for CCP!
1) Rub face on ground like shamed Japanese man 2) Close Eve to reduce bleeding and turn off the heavy servers. 3) Disconnect DUST from Eve and get it to market to cover depts. 4) Wind up any development and sell off the old assets. 5) Payout the team that remains. 6) Form up anyone who remains who isn't a ****er and has ideas that aren't ****. 7) Create another game company in 6-7 years.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 14:28:00 -
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Originally by: Chribba In on page awesome!
And with the risk of repeating what others said in the previous 100+ pages...
For me, having had the honor of following CCP from a very early stage, seeing how developers worked tightly with players to progress forward I'm _NOT_ suprised one bit over the view from CCP, as it was just a matter of time, after all you are a company, with the goal to make money (unlike most 3rd party developers in our community *hint hint* ) - so I'm not going to try and argue with you(CCP) on that note.
From my point of view, you're(once again CCP) is trying to save face by like not telling us what you have in mind in the fear of players leaving, and I think from most of the players view we only want you to be honest.
By lying to us, or "modifying the truth" you are seriously just stepping on our trust. Sure, honest will most likely lead to players leaving as well, but how CCP has presented itself in recent time isn't really giving any kudos in my book anyway. Be honest and we get mad, but you will still have our faith and trust, lie to us and we will be mad and not eager to give you anything, which tbh only gives you bad PR.
Now I don't claim knowing much about PR or how to run a company your size, but the general "hmm" tells me that being honest and losing 1000 paying customers would be better in the long run than lying and losing 500 players now and get a really bad PR event.
I think CCP is awesome, and I have nothing but faith for you guys since you are doing an outstanding job for us, but I must say, your communication has serious flaws, and it has not always been like that, maybe you grew to fast and it's understandable that it was easier to communicate with us when there was 20,000 people, compared to the what 500,000+ now?
But remember, in the end, we are paying your salary with our subscriptions. Talk to us, that is what we want, we want to feel a part of how New Eden progresses, be it with or without buying Monocle's instead of our Armani watches, we want to be a part of at least trying to push it in the right direction - not getting fed with lies and general "what we think you want to hear"-statements.
Keep up the awesome job, and that goes to ALL CCP employees, we want nothing but to be a part of the epicness you create.
/c
Something that has only come up once or twice is. We the users caused this part of the problem inside CCP (well some of us).
Remember when the forums exploded because there wasn't enough content in a much needed bug fix expansion? Which followed on the heels of a WoW-recruitment expansion? Which caused the new WoW people to explode? While people screamed for WiS to be completed?
CCP felt we were a bunch of tards. Correctly.
They had no way to filter the comments they were getting and figure out what was real. The CSM was not trusted enough to fill this role.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 14:40:00 -
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Another mistake CCP once made was following a "how to fix" document which was circulared in a mob. They didn't all agree with it point for point but wanted answers.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 14:49:00 -
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Originally by: Yasidra Sad to say, but CCP broke the game months ago and almost everybody cheered. They encountered issues with their upgrade and rewarded SKILLPOINTS as compensation...we cheered. Nobody seemed to note that they had openly revealed a mechanic in the game where they (devs, GMs, their friends, the janitor?) could grant as many skillpoints to a character as they wanted. We were all just glad to get ours.
People with real cash to spend have been able to buy PLEX galore, convert to isk, and buy better ships and equipment. We enjoy the benefits of having them in our corps and alliances, and frankly everybody benefits because their cash funds CCP to help keep developing a great game for those of us who are not as wealthy. The playing field was balanced though because everybody had to "earn" their skills. The mechanics to totally cheat on characters earning skillpoints were in place, but that was ok. We got our skillpoints to allocate and trusted CCP to keep the playing field somewhat level. Can we do that now?
What CCP really broke with Incarna and the recent revelations is our TRUST. I love this community, and like many have invested plenty of time, money, and heart into the game. The ball is back in CCP's court to earn that trust back. Give CCP Pann and those of like mind a chance to correct things with open and honest dialogue. If that doesn't work, there are a lot of other online game options.
QFT
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Posted - 2011.06.24 15:50:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 15:50:17
Originally by: Adunh Slavy
Originally by: Ranka Mei I thought we were gonna get an official reply today?
They are trying to figure out how to say Dust514 not-vanity micro-transactions, which will impact Eve, are actually vanity items in Eve. That we can all be assured that any previous lies about MTs, fixing bugs, so on and sadly so forth, were just drafts that happened to be compiled and distributed as content.
yup. "The items which improve performance are limited to DUST only and Eve players can PROFIT from this. It's AMAZING!"
psst... ignore we're a failed company
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Posted - 2011.06.24 16:03:00 -
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Originally by: Morar Santee
Originally by: Sarina Berghil
Originally by: Marcus Vorenius
Originally by: Nikodiemus FRIENDS! There is a reason for this horrible incident and lack of communication and salesmanship.
CCP Hiring New Chief Marketing Officer
Someone should apply since CSM is obviously bull**** and kill the lies from within.
Was there a Chief Marketing Officer before? Normally Sales & Marketing reports to the CFO - this just proves that CCP new business plan is already being implemented ... or that they realised the current CFO is an incompetent money grabbing coward.
I couldn't help to notice this little snip from the job details:
Quote:
... leading thought innovation in marketing to the point of inspiring development rather than be framed by it.
Actually, I found this part more interesting:
Quote:
- Ability to understand our product and services which includes:
-> in MMOÆs / video games is a positive, but not required
Says it all.
Remember when expansions became trailers and features became taglines?
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Posted - 2011.06.24 16:23:00 -
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Originally by: YarrMama So CCP will post some BS response 2 minutes before they shut down for the day and hope that this will all go away by monday. Anyone taking bets?
There is no point betting on those odds.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 16:35:00 -
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Originally by: Mechael
Originally by: Nath Blazek Edited by: Nath Blazek on 24/06/2011 16:24:19
Originally by: Jimmy Juice Lips WHY ARE EVE PLAYERS BEING PENALISED DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD OF DARKNESS AND DUST 514 ?
CCP FAIL.
Read why from the Editor of the Fearless, infamous newsletter.
And it couldnÆt come at a better time. As EVE edges closer to being the grand dame of gaming, turning 8 years old this month, and our other game titles continue their prodigious growth (yes, World of Darkness too û you got the t-shirt to prove it), our development road map is shaping up stronger and better. However, as a subscription based golden goose, EVE needs to incorporate the virtual goods sales model to allow for further revenue û revenue to fund our other titles, revenue for its developer: you. The model also supports the notion of creating a meaningful experience and identity for the player (more in our main feature on page 4).
Get out now unless you support beta testing and paying for their development of titles they still care about (not EVE)
Whoever wrote that needs to be fired. Pronto. GTFO away from my game!
Why would they be fired?
They clearly articulated the strategy CCP has been implementing for near 3 years now.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 16:38:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 16:39:46
Originally by: Miilla
Lifecycle of an MMO company...
Zero → Hero → Zero
The whole reason I went with CCP in the first place is I thought they understood the subscription model.
My contract with them was that they'd maintain the service.
Not expand into other products.
edit: and no it doesn't matter how many times Hilmar tells us DUST and Incarna/WoD are part of Eve
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Posted - 2011.06.24 16:41:00 -
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Originally by: Lidia Zarmel I don't see 50% or more of the EVE player base quitting over the CQ problems.
Point | | | | | | \/ Your head.
This has so little to do with some feature.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 16:49:00 -
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Originally by: Lanrick
Originally by: CCP Manifest
You have to admit that some people are vexed about the high cost of the monocle... but not because they would buy one at 3/4 the cost.
I think Pann might have mistyped (as she did with Nobel/Noble) and put that instead of NeX/Microtransaction. That's the chief concern atm, and of course there are the other more immediate ones and of course the longer tail concerns that many of you have mentioned here.
Just stop posting.
EDIT: and get us a dev with straight "yes"/"no" answers.
I think this has gone beyond any dev. This will need to be resolved with a press release signed by an officer of the company commiting the whole entity to a very explicitly stated policy. What exactly will they sell for AUR and what exactly will they never sell for AUR. No more "We have no plans at this time to..." type statements.
If Hilmar attaches his personal liability to it under penality of a big fat class-action and appoints someone to oversee him then maybe.
"of course the longer tail concerns that many of you have mentioned"
So Manifest? You know what the-long-tail is?
Then you'd know that you've already lost the glue that holds it together?
Why didn't you tell the Evegate team about the-long-tail?
Why didn't you talk about it when esculating the CPU/GPU cost so high?
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Posted - 2011.06.24 16:56:00 -
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Should we start a "PLEX for" charity to help fly all the poor ex-pat devs out of Iceland?
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Posted - 2011.06.24 17:00:00 -
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Originally by: Ai Mei Miilla you are one very wad person. You sit and post on the forums for 18 hours a day with ZERO constructive things to say.
You've never played EveOnline have you?
This is the most fun the game has been since Dominion!
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Posted - 2011.06.24 17:02:00 -
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Originally by: Korerin Mayul
ill conceder re-subbing if:
- There is a really really honest to goodness buzzword-free explanation for this pile of minge.
- Hilmar makes a smug-free statement concerning the CCP corporate mission and how he intends to re-assert that mission*
- CCP commit in absolutely no uncertain terms that microtransactions will have no in-game effect in eve. ever.
- CCP commit in absolutely no uncertain terms that the CSM are stakeholders and will not be treated with such contempt in the future
secondry objectives:
- 'Uncle' Soundwave, in a bathtub full of beans, a shoe on his head, singing a song about how sorry he is.
You know, that might just do it.
But! Only if Hilmar also does the Japanese rub your face in the ground thing.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 17:16:00 -
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Originally by: Gabrial Jobs The idea that you wish to introduce Pay to Win in a subscription-based sandbox shows just how out-of-touch CCP has become. Who really thought that was a good idea? Who did you expect to stick around for it? At least this came out now, just in the last week or two I was considering reactivating an account or two for the summer. Thanks for saving me that bit of cash and if this cart keeps rolling the way it looks to be my last account will go bye-bye too.
Simple.
Eve is only a subscription based game until we've paid for WoD to be developed.
Then it goes F2P and we all quit.
We just all quit 18 months too soon for CCPs plans.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 17:33:00 -
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Originally by: Ninghong Are you moving beyond VANITY AUR items?
The answer to that question could be the turning point, the situation now is critical as you can see.
Mate.... If you ask that question all you will get is complete bull**** in response.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 17:36:00 -
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Originally by: Miilla
Originally by: Riflin' Betty Liang Nuren is now also banned. I can only assume Akita T is next.
We're out of the fight capsuleers, stay strong.
I salute you all o7
-Helicity
What did they do?
At the rate CCP are banning customers, they won't need them to cancel.
Liang Nuren banned too?
ROFL!
Hilmar.
Pick up the phone and tell the forum mods to go home before they **** it up even more (not possible).
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Posted - 2011.06.24 17:55:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 17:55:34
Originally by: Reed Tiburon
Quote: Are you moving beyond VANITY AUR items?
Deserves to be repeated again, and again, and again...
No it doesn't.
You would believe the answer?
Does the answer make the CCP management team start functioning differently to what it has for 3+ years?
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Posted - 2011.06.24 18:01:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 18:02:33
Originally by: Mechael Guys, do you get the feeling that the corp we're station camping went AFK and has no plans of coming back anytime soon?
I heard the CEO rang a mate and is going to quit eve, reports of audio recording of the tears on the way.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 18:17:00 -
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Originally by: Pure Tabasco
Step 1) Come out of your hole Step 2) Accept that you were wrong and admit that your greed almost jeopardize your only income. Step 3) Tell us all what were you planning before we catched you in this scheme. Step 4) NOT ONLY PROMISE, BUT GET A KNIFE AND MAKE A BLOOD PROMISE... wait sorry, we cannot know for sure, even you, that you gonna not be stupid and dont implement any game rule breaking MTs, but again, DONT DO IT. Step 5) Re-manage your dev power and start developing again FOR spaceships. Theres mining, which is so boring and simple that bots do it. Then after perfecting the core things in EVE start fixing your other stuff like FW (0.0 stuff its CORE so do it first then FW) then PI, Then finish incarna (actually you should put WoD full throttle so you copy code from WoD to Incarna and not the other way arround) Step 6) DONT WORRY, BE HAPPY....wait that isnt, its WORRY FOR YOUR COSTUMERS, IF YOU WORRY YOU WILL BE HAPPY.
Also some recomendations: -Replan Dust514 MT strategic. If it affects EVE and force your hand to implement MT then you are screwed. Try using a 5$ subscription fee for Dust and you will see it will work. Why? Because 5$ a month X 6 months its what a console gamer usually spend in a game that come out in 6 month. And new eden could be more addicting. If 5$ dosent convince you 7$ TOPS, if not, you are screwed.
-Start dev WoD as should be. My guess? You are trowing that dev power to Incarna so you test it first with us (and screw us if necesary seems so) to then use it in WoD. Wanna more money, theres your golden moose, not us.
Step 7) Make us happy, the costumer its allways right Step 8) Enjoy a decent pay for your hard work, dont rob us by being cheap.
AND If you feel you dont wanna DEVELOP MORE FOR EVE, SELL IT. MAKING IT DIE SLOWLY DOSENT HELP YOU IN ANYWAY TO YOUR REPUTATION.
Yup.
Too late though.
They got caught, in a scheme as you say. They really did expect to just have us pay for WoD then go F2P/P2W for EveOnline.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 18:22:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 18:22:25
Originally by: Eladaris
Sadly... even if every single person posting in this thread was to immediately rage quit on every account and never return it probably wouldn't impact the overall sub numbers too harshly, long term.
CCP would just roll out more/stronger MT 'perks' to the remaining customer-base to fill the whole from those who departed in the mass exodus, and they'd pat themselves on the back for ignoring another tempest teapot forumwarrior thread.
This is what they hoped pre-deployment.
Now they findout ripping off a subscribion base kills companies (duh).
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Posted - 2011.06.24 18:26:00 -
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Originally by: BeanBagKing
Originally by: Amarrket Man @CCP
This thread is titled "An overdue Apology and Request for Parley" So far I have seen you apologize numerous times. This thread is 160+ pages long by now and there has been only 15 blue posts responding to your community. That is less than one small post for every 10 pages we post. Granted there are alot of us and so few of you. I guess I should remind you that it was you who came to us wanting parley. Our problems with you are on the table, everyone knows what they are, especially you. Why then havent you responded to our concerns in any other way than "oh we are sorry, the game will be the same. plz dont unsubscribe." It seems you are too busy repremanding the forum rage than to make good on your request for parley.
Remember: a discussion requires two parties actively engaged in communication. So far you have sat back and let the rage continue without posting anything with substance.
This, I know there's probably a lot of meetings and discussion going on right now at CCP, but you've had several days to respond to this. I though this post was the beginning of that, you asked that we put down our pitchforks for you and many of us did. Then you up and disappeared again. I realize that getting Helmar on the line this minute won't happen, but CCP Pann, you at least should have stuck around and TRIED to engage us in discussion, answer questions, and generally try to calm the rage. When we hear "Parley!", a few posts, and then about 150 pages of silence... I hope you see why people are picking up the pitchforks again.
Yes there will probably be people who yell and scream at you if you do post, especially if you post something they don't like, but do you really think silence is the best answer right now?
But there is drinking to be done?
Why stay late at work to save a company you know has gone to ****.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 18:29:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 18:29:54
Originally by: ACY GTMI One thing that I would like to point out. CCP knows the stats on actual subscription cancellations. We lose OUR credibility if a thousand people say they canceled and CCP notices that only 1 person actually did it.
You might be catching up on just how far it's gone.
Whatever their subscriber count says doesn't matter now because their reputation is in free-fall.
edit: long story short. They can do nothing.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 18:47:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 18:49:31
Going to take a different tact for a moment.
As a software engineer with a talent for architechure and planning I actually think CCPs plan was pure genius and have done for some time.
* Paying for WoD while passing it off as WiS (Incarna, notice the working title similarity, puntastic). Genius.
* Developing a quick and easy console shooter clone for cheap, to bolster coffers and get past the hard times. Not bad. If it is just a quick clone and if you talk to the distributors *FIRST*
At the same time, stupid and crazy groupthink, from an isolated bunch of idiots who think too much of themselves.
I never really understood the "hints" of MT/P2W/F2P leaks and things that would come along from time-to-time. From a coders angle it never did make sense.
edit: oh and of course "corification" comes into the WoD/WiS thing where it's all just the same code over and over. Which means whenever they patch something in WoD they can say "We fixed a major Eve bug!".
edit edit: I just never thought it would work :-D
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Posted - 2011.06.24 18:51:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 18:51:29
Originally by: saltrock0000 I am writing this on my main character as i want people to know who has this opinion.
Very quickly scanned a few posts here, and a big grief people have is load on your computer, which im assuming means your all running 386's back from the feking 1990's.... BUY A NEW COMPUTER if your a gamer, and dont ask a buisness who is joining the 20th century with graphics to stay in the dark ages jsut because your a cheap ass! If the game didnt upgrade and start looking better as other games progress they would slowly loose custom and the game would die, you'd jsut have the few cheapasses left who cannot stay up to date with new games!
The price of aurum is high... is someone holding a gun to your head forcing you to buy it?! I mean cmon its decorative. GROW UP PEOPLE!
The grief about the captains quaters.... WTF is wrong with it? Its a STEP towards walking in stations. Would you enter a marathon before you could walk?!
Use common sense people
lol.
Just wake up?
edit: to save you scanning more posts. CCPGames the company is failing. Not some feature.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 18:53:00 -
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Originally by: Kewso Jita maxed, population souring and possibly reaching a new record of logins
= ccp is successful
seems the whining tards that wanted to cancel mean absolutely dnck
Most of us are on 3-12 month subscriptions.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 18:55:00 -
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Originally by: saltrock0000 people STOP WHINING
Do yourself a favour and stop posting you only look dumb.
This isn't whine.
This is laughing as the ship goes down.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 19:06:00 -
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Originally by: Novak Sarin What CCP needs to understand is that many of us chose to play EVE Online BECAUSE CCP was DIFFERENT from the other mainstream blizzard-like bull**** filled with vanity items, microtransactions, controlled economies and greedy mindsets...
WHY DO YOU WANNA BE BLIZZARD IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING MUCH MORE UNIQUE AND AMAZING ALREADY GOING ON? Do you not understand that EVE is the ALTERNATIVE to that model?
"You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!" ―Obi-Wan Kenobi
Exactly. When they all creamed over the "WoW makes more by making it easier" stuff I was threw up a little bit in my mouth.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 19:09:00 -
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Originally by: Pat Morrison
Originally by: YarrMama Really, how hard is it for someone from CCP to post here and say: "hey we are working on this and will get an answer to you."
That's better than just ignoring us.
They're not working on it. They're figuring out how to spin what is already decided.
QFT
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Posted - 2011.06.24 19:21:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 19:21:28
Originally by: Lugaedh I just canceled ths account.
My second deoes not show this option, maybe beacause of my remaining 87day gametime?
Unsub will d more than 100 posts here, i guess...
edit: oh i read wrong... could be yeah... has to be on a credit card/paypal recurring
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Posted - 2011.06.24 19:33:00 -
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Originally by: Cailais
Originally by: Crye MultiCam
Originally by: Da Gooch
Are you moving beyond VANITY AUR items?
!!
According to the latest rumour Ive just heard its worse. Much worse.
This suckers going down.
C.
oh so everyone is going to see solid proof of the rest of the story? That will be GOLD!
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Posted - 2011.06.24 19:38:00 -
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Originally by: Gabriel Arxangel I have been here a while, I remember t20. I remember the reason for starting the CSM. There is no doubt that selling valuable items through MT has the potential for making significant money for CCP, and I understand how a company would desire to pursue that. Ironically enough I'm one of those in position to take advantage of the MT market. Real money for unbeatable ships or t3 ammo or even extra skill points certainly wouldn't break me. But I know it's wrong. It destroys the "sandbox" concept that eve has valued for so long. It cheapens the game.
It is very disturbing that anyone who works on this game could even contemplate such a game destroying feature. It does not 'cross the line' it leaps over it. Eve is based on you taking what you want and fighting to keep it, everyone starts the same and goes from there. Giving players the option of buying what they want devalues the cornerstone of the game. That's why it is so wrong for eve. I always thought the biggest fans of eve were the devs who loved and cared about this game, I see now that isn't the case, at least for some.
I blog won't fix this, neither will any grandiose promises. PR won't stop this, perhaps even Helmar can't stop this. I am not upset about the system demands of CQ, and believe in the vision of increasing player immersion. When CCP shared their vision of a total sifi MMO, I cheered. Could CQ have been implemented better, sure. Could some the players ideas be included to improve the expansion, sure. Do I believe that CQ is a bold leap forward, yes and I applaud the effort.
But allowing out of game advantages to spill over into the game is 180 out from the sandbox concept eve has prided itself on. It is so wrong on every level, and the fact that anyone involved in the development of this game fails to see that is truly frightening. I am not ready to rage quit, I am not threatening. MT for in game advantages is NOT in place yet, and hopefully never will be. If/when it becomes a reality, I will have some hard choices to make. I truly hope CCP never asks me to make that decision.
Well said.
but to quote another thread..
Originally by: Mater Dolorosa
"We need to milk them 9 more months to get enough cash to finish Dust & WoD. Be brave guys, in 2013 Eve will be a f2p and we'll get rid of them..."
They can and did contemplate it.
This is why CCP is in fact over regardless of any action they take save sacking the whole team.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 19:56:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 19:58:39 http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1352648
Back when there was still time, probably one of the last moments before the final fall.
edit: There is another thread related to the issue of the day, :18 months:?
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Posted - 2011.06.24 19:58:00 -
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Originally by: Qwyp
More plexes are bought and traded for isk than those cancelling.
We are close to breaking another record for logins today
Tards cancelling = less lag for rest of us real players
I'd say CCP wins overall
keep it up!
Hi CCP!
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Posted - 2011.06.24 20:03:00 -
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Originally by: Garreth Vlox
....them banning ppl in local isnt making them any friends either, kinda like macing a crowd all it does is **** them off.
That's what makes it so good to watch!
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Posted - 2011.06.24 20:17:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 20:17:57
Originally by: Tea Ester Elliot
I think the problem is the opposite. The WRONG things are being done faster than the community can protest them. Thus we have a huge pile of issues that we simply HATE because CCP refuesed to hear that before and change course. I doubt even the internal affairs bunch could have an air of non-bias at this juncture without endangering their position in the company. No, this needs to be a direct conversation between the players and devs/managment/decision makers. They need to see once and for all that this direction will lead to a mass exodus from EVE and that does not bode well for their present or future endeavours as a company.
Only a dramatic re-alignment of priorities from on-high can save the game. We don't need a new patch tomorrow, but we do need to know the next patch will be something the players want instead of another batch of the same.
They know that already.
Only problem is we foundout way too soon.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 20:20:00 -
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Originally by: Zhula Guixgrixks Just recieved a sms from my friend/corpie. He's playing Eve since 2006 with several accounts.
"All CCP needs is a cleansweep operation to kick all biz-devs. 100 real developers are enough for Eve"
Yup, clear out everything, management included.
Then just throw some devs with passion at it and tell them "Your job is to keep the cow alive so me and my family can eat.". i.e. Maintain the service for the customer.
Investors are trouble...
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Posted - 2011.06.24 20:23:00 -
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Originally by: Isis Soryu
Quote: CCP Fallout Arnar's blog should be ready and published in about an hour, but that is an estimate. 51 seconds ago
Why we aren't hearing from Hilmar him ****ing self is beyond me.
Not Hilmar? WTF?!? They are still that far behind on where they are at?
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Posted - 2011.06.24 20:31:00 -
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Originally by: Mater Dolorosa
"We need to milk them 9 more months to get enough cash to finish Dust & WoD. Be brave guys, in 2013 Eve will be a f2p and we'll get rid of them..."
This just sums up their position so well.
I really can't see what they can say.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 20:33:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 20:33:16
Originally by: Zverofaust I've fought it, but after carefully reading the Fearless newsletter and hearing a compelling "history" of SWG's NGE fiasco, I'll say it too: Lower NeX prices, GUARANTEE vanity items only, and get the rest of WiS rolling ASAP or I'll find myself somewhere else to play. :(
Saw coming across through the day, was near painful to watch.
Wanna find a FW private server? lol
edit: oh **** that sounds as gay as eveonline
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Posted - 2011.06.24 20:47:00 -
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Originally by: Android Mindslave
Yea, CCP is way beyond fixing this with apologies or :words: at this point. They got themselves into this position with greed driving them to place the cart before the horse.
At the end of a very long mountain road, with a hell of a lot of ground to backtrack.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 20:53:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 24/06/2011 20:54:24
Originally by: Qwyp
Originally by: Lithia Tsanov Wow... Just wow.
I'm gone "the second" people can pay cash for IG items.
Are you a tard?
you can buy anything in Eve for cash, always have... buy plex for cash sell for isk and buy whatever you want.
i've been buying ships, modules, officer lewtz for cash for many years
Hey there again CCP. Your last post you forgot to change "We" to "They".
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Posted - 2011.06.24 20:55:00 -
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Originally by: Carmine Lady
Originally by: Lofe sXe FREE MINTCHIP NOW !! !!
this cannot be true OMFG
:(
;_;
It would be too funny... ban their biggest tard recruiter.... just lol
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Posted - 2011.06.24 21:13:00 -
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My god what fail.
He tries to give us a disclaimer and tells us "individuals" and "these people" like we are upset at John Turbefield as well.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 21:19:00 -
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Originally by: Miilla Edited by: Miilla on 24/06/2011 21:13:17
"I hope Iæve addressed your concerns and cleared up a lot of the issues youære having. Weæll continue monitoring the forums and other communications channels and pick up and reply if there are concerns not covered by this blog."
Uhh no? YOU TOTALLY EVADED THE ISSUE.
This says one thing.. CLEARLY
CCP has a plan, they are executing on it, doesn't matter how far customers flex a little. CCP doesn't care, it is their time table and their demise.
No sense in fighting what is already comming, let em screw it up, it's just a game for us, it is a job for them, which is now at greater risk, we have no risk to take. Let em screw themselves.
QFT
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Posted - 2011.06.24 21:33:00 -
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BACK ON TOPIC! The devblog is working, you are talking about what they wants you to talk about. Pants prices you don't give a flying **** about.
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Posted - 2011.06.24 21:57:00 -
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"Arnar Hrafn Gylfason.... I've heard that somewhere before.... Isn't he the guy who crashed CCPGames with a bad press release?"
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 25/06/2011 00:28:11 Thought I'd draw a diagram to help those who have trouble understanding why CCP is pushing ahead without their customers.
http://go-dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/yellow2/crimeCycle_1.jpg
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Posted - 2011.06.25 00:40:00 -
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Originally by: Miilla
The problem isn't with the game called Eve anymore.
The problem is CCP attitudes. Arrogance, disregard, greed.
I have no problem with Eve, I have a problem with CCP's arrogance, contempt and disregard and mistrust.
They're so deep into their lil groupthink circle that they actually believe this.
http://go-dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/yellow2/crimeCycle_1.jpg
They have really gone mad enough that they really truely believe that they can start again without all the burdensome customers that complain so much. So funny, so amazingly funny it's sad. Just go to Jita if you need proof that humans can be tarded though.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 00:52:00 -
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Originally by: SSN 609 The worst thing about this is we are being self-defeatist by posting on reviews not to buy the game.
We're killing it because we've been scammed. CCP stole our investment and now we're collecting their tears as payment.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 00:56:00 -
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Originally by: Pat Morrison
Originally by: Caval Akemi Read what CCP employee's really think about CCP:
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/CCP-Games-Reviews-E159347.htm
one of my favourites:
Quote: CCP does not take criticism well and often ignores retrospectives. Criticism is considered to be a negative attitude and is severely frowned upon. A lot of effort goes into maintaining a good morale with a lot of internal PR.
and:
Quote: EVE is not creating enough revenue which means that solutions are sought, solutions that CCP was vehemently against a few years ago.
... no wonder they ****-up the game finally.
Yes. When employees know that they will not be supported by management, and will be punished for disagreeing, they do not speak up, even when they are aware that the decisions being made are bad ones.
I like the bit about "If it looks good it is good", seen them playing that one a lot.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 01:04:00 -
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Originally by: TheDoctorUK CPP call it a sandbox, just there in control of the sand in that box, when the children decide oh them toy box'x over there are more fun to play with CCP wont have any children wanting to play with the sand.
I'm allready thinking time to retire eve, as ccp put in a damn feature that requires me to buy 64bit os, and a new gfx card. However fun games like portal 2 run fine on full whack settings!
CCP get out of bed with NVIDIA/Sony and give us ATI/XBOX owners some love. I'm still rather annoyed over the discontinuation of the classic client! It was ugly but I had my 60 fps! And for the selling point of ghost training, don't go there!
Someone said it a few weeks back. It's a sandbox, but the longer you play the more you realise it's 2inches deep and full of ****.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 01:19:00 -
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Originally by: Sunaj Sin'Sakki
- the server is still full of players and people are not leaving in droves (as much as certain bloggers and forum trolls would like you to believe). good
I have been unsubscribed for 3+ months now and still have 150 days left on one of my accounts and many on the others.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 01:28:00 -
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Originally by: Pat Morrison Hilmar doesn't work for you. He works for the investors. They are telling him and CCP what to do, not the players. The investors look at the gaming industry media, and microtransactions are huge...one of the few things getting any positive press anymore. The investors say "We're going to do microtransactions", and CCP has to do microtransactions, or even macro/megatransactions.
While Hilmar isn't tough enough and the investors are TUFF!
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Posted - 2011.06.25 01:34:00 -
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Originally by: Natalia Kovac Guys, just shut down the hamster wheels. You can probably run the servers on Hillmar's fat body alone. Just throw it in the furnace.
They're already over budget, doubt they have cash. Probably have to turn off the servers within a few weeks.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 02:06:00 -
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Originally by: Allyria Kylari Edited by: Allyria Kylari on 25/06/2011 01:57:25 Nearly 1,000 confirmed unsubscriptions recorded in less than a day.
Here is the thread: Link
Here is the Google doc containing the confirmed list of unsubscriptions: Link
Mate.... No one is bothering to add to the list, thus waste of list. Just accept the fact everyone is gone.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 03:09:00 -
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Originally by: Smeedly Unsubed until CCP makes it clear there will be no pay-to-win items.
Hilmar (CEO CCPGames) just confirmed there will be and that his staff are to ignore you.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 03:40:00 -
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Originally by: Warvan CCP IS A COMPANY! THE OBJECTIVE OF WHICH IS TO MAKE MONEY!
NO MATTER THE SITUATION NOT EVERY PERSON CAN BE MADE HAPPY!
I Like walking around in the stations as it does add another level to the game but I think it should stop close to where is it. the entire CQ idea I like.
Think about it peeps. Don't let your own self importance go to your head.
You obviously don't understand what has happened.
Everything every one of these geeks ever worked hundreds of hours for in this game.
Is now valued at ZERO.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 03:48:00 -
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They shouldn't have deleted Hilmars email.
It is the answers we were looking for.
He needs to stand up and tell all that stuff to the customers, but he correctly thinks we're a bunch of humans/idiots.
Just funny that he actually thinks his stats show success :-D
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Posted - 2011.06.25 06:52:00 -
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08hmqyejCYU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDVEHE10nHc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mlVuLs_Nw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms95NKFnhCU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejX0Rym0NZw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGplrpWvz0I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzVjggarRns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYkuZLxAWBo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtYqWBR7h0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw0gOjOWDuI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRyXDlZKwgA
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Posted - 2011.06.25 06:55:00 -
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Originally by: Helmut 314 52 monocles, really ?
Yeah.... Bought em so they could be suicide ganked like this guy. :-)
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Posted - 2011.06.25 07:12:00 -
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Originally by: Cave Lord CCP official response dev blog: "Screw you"
Then an unofficial email "just ignore them the users are stupid, we've done this before"
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Posted - 2011.06.25 07:14:00 -
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Originally by: R2 D3 You are now communicating what you did. Not when there will be a meeting (I hope it's monday morning...) about what you are doing/promising and keeping those promises regarding RMT.
Nothing.
Waiting for you to leave.
They don't even need users, the bots and money laundering will keep it ticking.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 07:35:00 -
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Originally by: Jaxom Asgard
Originally by: Belial Woods
At least 1000 subs have been confirmed removed.
Is this data from CCP? Unlikely that that would be released or leaked, therefore this is based on what's here on the forums, how true is that?
It's some random kids guess. Nothing. It's MUCH higher then that.
Also.... It doesn't matter. CCP has broken from the top down.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 07:37:00 -
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Originally by: Ryder 3vyn If I was one of the CCP d00ds, I would make a thread and say something like,
"You guys are unhappy, aren't you?" Ha ha it would be so funny.
Hilmar won't even undock mate. I hear someone is going to post some recorded TS3 sessions and chatlogs.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 07:41:00 -
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Originally by: Horn Silver
Originally by: Violenai
Originally by: Atreus Venom
ARE YOU MOVING PAST VANITY ITEMS????? SIMPLE QUESTION....... ANYONE SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE ICELANDIC MAYBE THAT WILL HELP
Translating your post into something CCP *might* understand:
Herp herp derpaherp derp derp derpy herp herpupu derpa herp monocle?!?!!?!!?
Just ANSWER the fkucing QUESTION....It's not hard at all just DO IT
................/¦»/) ............,/»../ / <<----- For not answering the question... .........../..../ / ...../¦»/'...'/¦»».`++ <<----- a bit angry ../'/.../..../.....:^.¿»\ ('(...¦...¦.... »_/'./ .\.................'...../ ..'\'............. _.+¦ ....\..............(
"yes we are, but not with you as a user"
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Posted - 2011.06.25 07:59:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 25/06/2011 08:05:20 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 25/06/2011 08:04:06
Originally by: Vince Pilot At first, Iceland ****s up their banking system, then Europe got to pay for their mistakes, now they refuse to pay back, in an rather arrogant way.
At first, CCP ****s up their game, then we got to pay for their useless crap, now they refuse to admit their mistakes, in an rather arrogant way.
Same financial managers. Check their board of directors.
edit:
Bj÷rg=lfur Thor Bj÷rg=lfsson - Landsbanki - Novator Partners - CCPGames
It seems that when the bank crashed he moved his team into CCP, then they got a new "secret investor" or something along those lines.
Hense they probably don't need your subscription.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 16:42:00 -
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Originally by: leth ghost
Originally by: Yan Karr Still waiting for the answer re gold ammo/ships, CCP.
they are not answering they are just going to do it
If you scroll right back to page 2-3 there is "Are CCP going to pull a SWG?" followed by "I think they just did".
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Posted - 2011.06.25 17:24:00 -
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Originally by: Lupus Aurelius
But, if ever CCP decides to SELL that, SP, faction standings
Too late.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 18:21:00 -
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Originally by: AkJon Ferguson
Originally by: Stirlsha
Originally by: Cheroth Morachi Grossly misleading White Knight garbage.
This is the best post in this somewhat sizeable thread. Well reasoned.
No, this is one dev alt giving another dev alt a reacharound.
^^
They're getting thick!
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Posted - 2011.06.25 18:29:00 -
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Originally by: Becka Call
Somehow its fitting that the end of EvE should be CCP failcascading.
What's more funny is them teaching us how to recognise fail like this before trying to scam us.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 18:35:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 25/06/2011 18:35:47
Originally by: Sun Zue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRdL6opN2uo Vid of earlier in the day protest in Jita, we have system near cap and holding for the answer to the Main question. Will Pay to Win items be sold at NXE?
You really need that answered by CCP yet again?
"Yes, without you as a customer."
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Posted - 2011.06.25 18:57:00 -
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Originally by: Faith Leon People, you need to stop logging in to make your point! The only thing they care about is numbers. Quitting is great, but for those not willing to go that far, at least take a weekend break. If they actually see people not logging in then they will really understand your anger. Logging in to shoot memorials/statues just shows you are willing to still play the game, even if it isn't in the way they envisioned. Happy, mad, they don't care, they just care how many people are playing.
If you login and a system is at capacity you will sometimes be magically moved to a station nextdoor.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 19:07:00 -
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Originally by: Synonia
Originally by: Synonia http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/5453/monoclea.jpg
lol
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Posted - 2011.06.25 19:19:00 -
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Originally by: Sergeant Spot
Are you moving beyond VANITY AUR items?
If you address ANY other question or concern, you are dodging the CORE issue, which WILL NOT go away.
ugh. Read what they've said.
Essentually "Yes, without you as a customer, go away"
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Posted - 2011.06.25 19:30:00 -
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Originally by: Silvana Trada CCP, Really what were you thinking?
I am an executive with a large company, many times greater than CCP, and we have made this type of mistake in the past as well. When you disconnect from your client base you stray off the path that brings you loyal paying customers. Once these customers are lost it is VERY hard to get them back. They tend to think "I don't want to go thruogh that again" so they are content with not coming back, buying a lessor product with which these problems do not occur.
You have a quality product there is no doubt about that. You have for the most part listened to your fan base, I say this rather hesitantly because at times it take a lot of *****ing from your customers to get anything done. When I talk to my marketing/sales department I try and find out what exactly our customers are looking for and want in our products. I go to Manufacturing and ask them to run a feasability study. This is then weighted against the wants of the customer. If we see that we may not make much money but we will attract more customers then fantastic we proceed. Here is where I get confused, no one in the player base wanted this yet you do it anyway. Someone in your organization failed. You need to have your meeting or whatever you want to do and fix this.
I hope the Execs within CCP realize that while short term profits may go up, your long term survivability is at risk, remember once you lose a customer it is VERY difficult to get them back. Nothing is more difficult explaining to your shareholders, "yes our FBOI is increasing but the CVA is dropping?" This my friends is the sign of a company with a short life span.
Listen to your customers is the biggest advise I can give you at this point. Also remember your advertisment is largely word of mouth. From experience if someone likes something they tell 2-3 people, if they don't like it they tell everyone they meet.
Silvana Trada
PS You have been gagged by gm_nythanos until 2011.06.25 20:54:09. gm_nythanos's reason was: Spamming Public channels..
I should say thanks because it prompted me to write this.
CCP wake up. Please, I really do enjoy playing your internet spaceship game.
I remember when he detuned and he was somewhat correct.
They recruited a bunch of the WoW-exodus and then 6 months later had a bug-fix expansion, which these new users complained had no content.
Then there was massive thread of garbage with document being circulated with "fixes" which was being bumped even by people who didn't agree with it. CCP said "ok ok" and took the document and implemented it without really thinking or understanding the issues at hand. Resulting in breaking parts of the game for a long time into the future.
From this moment he was taught that the users are idiots.
The problem was actually that they had no way to gauge the quality of user feedback and didn't trust the CSM enough to use them to any advantage.
This attitude then got entrenched over 2-3 years and became a massive circle-jerk of chest-thumping and back-patting.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 19:34:00 -
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Originally by: Alotta Baggage Jita has never rooked so pretty
http://i54.tinypic.com/30w5g8p.jpg
Gigantic image changed to URL. Zymurgist
Fail edit Zymurgist.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 19:49:00 -
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Originally by: Zuquar Bonaparte
its rather funny how people get banned for spamming when protesting, but noone bans the scammers thats been spamming locals in the tradehubs for the last many years? banning for spam is good, banning selectivly is absoloutly awesome , REALLY WELL DONE CCP(not)
Good point. A few hundred million hours of AHK bots spamming jita is fine long as it's 10x scams. When CCP tries a 10x scam it's bannable lol.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 19:52:00 -
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Originally by: wide Edited by: wide on 25/06/2011 19:51:30 From Helicity Boson:
[5:29:36 PM] Two Step: that isn't gonna help [5:29:43 PM] Two Step: and can you please answer my question? [5:29:51 PM] Two Step: 1) Is CCP planning on selling non-vanity MT [5:30:53 PM] CCP Zulu: CCP plans on evolving its offering of virtual goods based on player demand
Source is CSM Skype conversation.
just lol
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Posted - 2011.06.25 19:55:00 -
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Originally by: Miilla
Let's start making demands :) No, really, they want a golden goose, lets make a golden goose chase.
:) May aswell have fun.
Demand 1) $1000 Jeans please (In Pink) Demand 2) $10,000 Frigate Ship (In Pink)
We do need something to spend all the worthless isk on.
I'm just waiting for the suicide gank of 52 manacles.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 20:12:00 -
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I actually had a scary thought last night.
That CCP had planned to let this rage. Then step in and say "**** no, all these people are morons"
Then next patch when they do it people won't believe the few people left screaming they're scammers :-)
Then I remembered how fail CCP management is...
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Posted - 2011.06.25 20:23:00 -
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Originally by: Anansi Ink'Tmi The question of virtual goods sales is not ôto do, or not to do?ö Rather, itÆs ôhow do we do this?ö
"How can we do this with our current customers not discovering until DUST and WoD are paid for?"
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Posted - 2011.06.25 20:37:00 -
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Originally by: Grey Stormshadow Btw before I go... one last bit of turd
Rewrite of history. I like it.
Although, they need to be the victor for it to stick.
For those that don't know Hellcity is a solid community member and events organiser who was banned by CCP under semantics for making a complaint.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 20:41:00 -
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Originally by: Tea Ester Elliot We're here. We're *****. DROP YOUR AURUM SCHEMES!
They can't.
You can't just roll back 3 years of strategic development you've done in the isolation of your boardroom.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 20:54:00 -
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Originally by: Tea Ester Elliot I've got smart money on 1-2 more damage control blogs that don't say anything difinitive. A few more choice leaks/tweets and then the riot police will come out and start slapping on bans for looking at them funny.
Yup, then lock all the threads and move on.
Few weeks later the few people left playing realise the community collapsed having lost all the hub people. Few months later CCP realises.
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Posted - 2011.06.25 21:04:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 25/06/2011 21:06:02
Originally by: Miilla Edited by: Miilla on 25/06/2011 20:59:00 Can somebody compile a list of all the Space MMO's that are out there or soon to be out?
I saw Inifinity Online, Perpetuum Online etc
Shores of Hazeron is very interesting but alpha forever.
edit: seems more like a dev hobby project
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Posted - 2011.06.25 21:07:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 25/06/2011 21:08:04
Originally by: Rolars
Alpha is the new beta.
Alpha's have a thing called gameplay.
CCP has "If it looks good, it is good."
edit: speaking of alpha Dwarf Fortress SCIENCE!
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Posted - 2011.06.25 21:14:00 -
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You're all going to be waiting awhile.
I don't see how CCP can create a plan to roll back 3 years.
More likely is silence until we leave with the hope that they can convert some sci-fi niche sales out of some other market.
Don't know where they'll find a market for Eve other then in the game EveOnline.
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http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/25/1847248/EVE-Online-Players-Rage-Protest-Over-Microtransactions
Top story on slashdot.
Way to not respond soon enough CCP.
When Hilmar was writting that email to staff he could have made a video of him going "blahbjbkbkbkbkbkb" and waving his arms around like a crazy person. That alone would have been enough to make people think "oh, he responded, can't say anything, we'll see him again later"
Instead they just let it fall because it interferes with drinking time.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.25 21:47:00 -
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Originally by: Teinyhr
Originally by: Miilla Just let CCP self destruct.
Dear Miilla, I believe I speak for all of us when I say: Nobody cares about you. Unsub and unplug, because you clearly hate this game, it's players and it's creators. I've only one thing I ask of you and it is this. Leave and never return.
Miilla has helped to keep this issue top of the boards at all moments. Doing their bit. Are you?
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Kahldor Luminaire Titan being attacked!!!! Need more firepower. It CAN be destroyed!!
Vid Feed
Titan
wd putting the eve-radio feed on that!
LISTEN TO THIS **** IF YOU THINK THIS IS JUST TROLLS!
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.25 21:58:00 -
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Originally by: Darkael Titan
That radio show was extremely interesting.
Yeah interesting hearing that CSM had input on this devblog which was completely ignored.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 25/06/2011 22:13:04
Originally by: left4deadd
I can see Harvard style business economics at work here.
Brown University.
The team who crashed Landsbanki and the Iceland economy got moved into CCP to hide out for awhile.
Go have a look at who the board of directors for CCPGames are.
edit: I don't really believe anymore that customers are required for this farse to just keep cycling money around.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.25 22:19:00 -
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Originally by: Izo Azlion C'mon CCP, some sort of public response?
"We didn't want those customers anyway"
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.25 22:23:00 -
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Originally by: Tugrath Akers
Originally by: RensPriceChecker2
Originally by: Tugrath Akers I'm starting to think this is just a brilliantly executed marketing ploy.
Whats the brilliant part ?
They are getting only bad press. Plus they are loosing subscriptions from many vets and many new players are being convinced not to subscribe to this game.
Any press is good press.
HEY HILMAR!
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 25/06/2011 22:26:47 The people I feel sorry for now.
CSM.
Having this emergency fly to Iceland meeting (if not bull****), getting dragged into the stress of a corporate collapse.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Bambi
No idea what this hoo-hah is about, had too many beers to read it all. **** constantly hits fans, then its gone, just spinning awaiting the next batch of ****.
Not same this time. Catch up with Hilmars email and the eve-radio discussion when you sober up.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 25/06/2011 22:59:37
Originally by: Chien Lang
These last 2 Things bring up another: You're not listening to us. We're trying to help you make this game the best it can be, and all we get is "That is a known issue and we hope to resolve it Soon(tm)" Does it really take 2 or more years to fix an issue? If so, why?
Because they are busy STEALING your subscription fee which is paid for them to maintain EveOnline and THROWING IT AWAY on tarded products.
That is why they can't fix the game crippling bugs. That is why they don't give a **** about the game crippling bugs.
You are a burdonsome "eve idiot" they don't want anymore. One they decided to get rid of. You have paid for their exit strategy for 3 years now.
edit: Pay them 3 more months and their journey to the darkside will be complete and they won't need you anymore.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.25 23:05:00 -
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Originally by: Adrie Atticus
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 25/06/2011 22:59:37
Originally by: Chien Lang
These last 2 Things bring up another: You're not listening to us. We're trying to help you make this game the best it can be, and all we get is "That is a known issue and we hope to resolve it Soon(tm)" Does it really take 2 or more years to fix an issue? If so, why?
Because they are busy STEALING your subscription fee which is paid for them to maintain EveOnline and THROWING IT AWAY on tarded products.
That is why they can't fix the game crippling bugs. That is why they don't give a **** about the game crippling bugs.
You are a burdonsome "eve idiot" they don't want anymore. One they decided to get rid of. You have paid for their exit strategy for 3 years now.
edit: Pay them 3 more months and their journey to the darkside will be complete and they won't need you anymore.
So, by this logic, only thing which can make any profit is WoD seeing as Dust 514 would be heavily integrated to TQ?
Yup.
Eve = burdon, make it F2P/P2W WoD = The new product, MT fully integrated. DUST = some cash flow
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 00:19:00 -
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Originally by: Xavier Isaacson CCP's latest project couldn't possibly be any worse........
Well.....um....
Get OFF that train NOW!
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 00:26:00 -
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Originally by: Morgan Polaris
Please put your numbers into the tally thread. Actions, dear, actions...
*Yawn* No one cares about some dodgy spreadsheet with 1% of the unsubscribes listed on it.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 00:32:00 -
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Originally by: Miilla
I wonder how the WoD forums are doing now.
They are aware, but already know CCP are scammers.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 00:34:00 -
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Ok what I'm starting to struggle with....
CCP, Why is getting drunk on the weekend more important then saving your company?
Sorry... I forgot... New business plan does not require customers, only dirty money and bots.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 00:39:00 -
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Originally by: Goodluvins I will act on CCP's behalf since theyre circle jerking to the thought of ponies and monocoles:
"Hi fvckers, we didnt want to respond until we were able to amply read through your tears and come up with a BS lie that we can tell you now and renig on later. Anyway, (fill in BS). In short, my bad."
lol what makes you think reading our comments has any place in the strategy they invent from here.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 00:53:00 -
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Originally by: Dives Armenicus Will were be any stuff affecting the game balance sold for aurums?
It's answered.
"yes, without you"
They think they have a new better playerbase of 12yos waiting.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 01:06:00 -
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Originally by: Hailey Sunweaver I haven't unsubbed yet because CCP has yet to **** up.
lol
You got a window? Open it. ****in hot outside that's what the weather is! Crotch-pot cooking!
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 01:09:30
Originally by: Tejal Charu Wow guys, I didn't know that this man owns 35% of CCP! Do you know what this man did? Let me just quote Wikipedia for you:
Quote: Financial crisis -- Two of Bj÷rg=lfur's companies, Landsbanki and Straumur, left the Icelandic people with several billions of dollars in debt, when they went bankrupt following the Icelandic Financial crisis. He has been heavily criticized for his actions leading to the 2008û2009 Icelandic financial crisis.
Phew! Luckily he only has 35% and not 51% right guys?
You sure he isn't both "people"?
edit: Who here has assets in their wifes name?
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 01:15:00 -
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Originally by: Tejal Charu And why would CCP have to milk us? Their profits have increased by 1.2million in the last year! From 245k to 350k subscribers since 2008!
Original article here http://www.mbl.is/vidskipti/frettir/2010/04/30/hagnadur_ccp_eykst_um_1_2_milljonir_dala/
Therefore I can conclude that CCP is only including microtransactions because we, the players, want them. Thank you CCP. I will now resubscribe.
Tejal Charu for CCPGame CEO!
It appears you have the same awesome skill at seeing this that Hilmar does. If you took his job it would be a nice smooth transition and you could just fit straight in.
He sat in his office, read these stats and said "It's all going awesome". So sad.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 01:33:00 -
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His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 01:50:00 -
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What does noone even recognise the photo?
Geez and they blame Hilmar (I know it's his fault, but only cause he lacks balls)
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Kiwi Miner I wonder if Hilmar Petursson remembers his quote
ôThe evolution of EVE Online continues in large part because of the feedback we receive from subscribers and the direct involvement of our team with the community. Today is a special day for our company, and these awards are as much for EVE fans as they are for us.ö
What happened ?
He got burnt by listening to a thread full of complete ****ers who had no idea wtf they were talking about. Resulting in breaking the game for a year or 2.
He learn't listening is bad. He should have learnt "I need metrics for feedback quality and to use the CSM for this"
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 01:59:00 -
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Originally by: Vic Mason CCP bought new servers to fight lag
Lag got worse. I believe "upgrade" may have been "cost save".
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Nedefeg good morning trolls....euro dayshift here to take shift...gn US. timezone trolls :)
Awesome I can take a break, thanx
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 02:10:25
Originally by: Sona May
Originally by: SimonTrent What ever happened to having everything in the game to be player created?
They were added as an item sold by NPCs and then, a few expansions later, converted to something made by players.
I'm not going to whine until someone proves that the AUR items will actually be better than the existing ones and that they will completely bypass the player market forever.
...but people won't listen. 'Cause I'm not going to be extremly loud about my opinion. Just this one post. 3.
Why? Because it increases market demand when the item is needed to succeed. So of course the bankers will do it.
Have you looked at who is running CCP?
edit: oh and because CCP SAID "WE WILL BE ADDING"
If you believe that newsletter is hypothetical back and forth banter then I have some great land in Florida to sell you.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 02:19:00 -
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Originally by: Sona May What? Was that a reply to my post? Did you even read it?
Please read it again.
Have you not also seen the changes to the structure of the game engine to allow for all these things to be monitized?
Have you not seen features being removed so they can be added again later as MT?
The story is kinda complex so I won't and probably can't build the complete picture for you. Especially if your frame of mind is to never believe it regardless.
so....
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 02:26:00 -
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Originally by: Vic Mason You should write a blog in the forums citing all the changes from when they started to the latest change then.
Really.... I'd love to..... but the amount of ****ups over the last 3 years, it would take an air-crash investigation team 20 ****ing years to work out this mess.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 02:32:47
Originally by: Caldari SpyGlass Edited by: Caldari SpyGlass on 26/06/2011 02:21:08 This is CCP right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQbv9eb5VUc
HILMAR SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT!
I'm firmly of the opinion if he came out yesterday and just made noises like that and waved his arms around his company would be ok.
Everyone would have said "oh... there's Hilmar, he must want to speak to us.... what is this....." then people defend him with "It's ok people, it's just he couldn't say anything, we will see him again tomorrow with a full report"
Instead he sends Zulu with some kinda copy/paste boardroom form letter.
edit: At a time when forums and CSM told him only his face direct to customers would work.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 02:54:00 -
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Originally by: Lenmaister People leaving EVE-Incarna, Subs Cancelled: 3527
* 100 or * 1000
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 02:59:00 -
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Originally by: Sona May 317 pages. Someone must have written something about what CCP has confirmed. I'm not listening to anything until someone has proof or a very detailed (almost scientific) report explaining their theories.
* Removes ship trails. * Removes faction towers. * Removes a bunch of stuff that isn't in my sphere of understanding. * Adds the ability to add arbitrary skill-points to characters. * Internal document debates MT as fact. Pro case cites it as "we are" and comes from more senior staff. * CEOs email talks about how wonderful an innovation they are leading off on. * Community asks for solid confirmation on non-vanity items after seeing the mix of features and discussions leading this way.
Response:
* 3-4 days of meetings. * Recalling CSM to Iceland (allegedly).
So.....
Answer me this.
Why can CCP not respond to that question without first completely reevaluating their position?
Answer: Obvious.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Reed Tiburon It's not that hard to tell the truth.
Apparently the truth is so bad that Hilmar would rather lose his company then say it.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Zuquar Bonaparte Cant be long now before they like last year come online and ask us to vote for there game on some site, i wonder which mmo that will win most eve players this year, last time WOT surely gained several thousand players from eve.
THAT WOULD BE ****ING GOLD!!!
"Hey guys, we know we're awesome, please vote for us in the euro gamer awards. We won't be working on eve for :18months: but you know we make good trailers and stuff"
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 03:56:00 -
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Originally by: Zuquar Bonaparte Cant be long now before they like last year come online and ask us to vote for there game on some site, i wonder which mmo that will win most eve players this year, last time WOT surely gained several thousand players from eve.
That would be ****ING GOLD!
"Hey guys, we know that we just said eve wouldn't be worked on for :18months: while we **** it all up, well.... you know we make nice trailers.... so vote for us in the eurogamer awards!"
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 03:59:34
Originally by: bw8
secondly, i'd bet that either hilmar and/or soundwave told Pann to be quiet or get out. muteban in effect?
They dug Pann up 5mins before closing. Don't know who's idea it was but there were already calls for Hilmar or noone.
What they have to imagine. Is that they're on a stage. An the audience is screaming "GET OFF! GET OFF! HILMAR OR DEATH! GET OFF!"
Just stop talking and go get the boss before the audience sets fire to the auditorium.
edit: or pull the fire alarm yourself and wait for them to clear out (seems to be the option CCP have taken)
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 04:02:22 CCP Zulu: "please understand my need to buy more expansive parnts" lol
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 04:08:14 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 04:07:26 Maybe they could find somewhere that you can hire a sustainable business consultantancy team.
Where they could rip out all the junk the bankers put in and make CCP back into a company that can maintain it's product.
edit: gah what am I thinking nothing will get rid of the bankers, it's their company not Hilmars.
Don't get angry with Hilmar, he's just lacking balls when up against this ****.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 04:12:27
Originally by: Dalton Vanadis he even said he was of the mind that this would never get implemented because player opinion is so against it.
No. He said he'd be hung if he told us the truth about what he really thought. (and CCPs plans)
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 05:34:00 -
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Think we're done people.
Time to go do some gardening.
His name was John Turbefield! Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 05:43:00 -
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Originally by: Turkatron
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!!QFT!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 05:51:00 -
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Originally by: Turkatron
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That really has just done it. No comeback from a message that powerful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Harpalyce Dynameos
Originally by: Roman 4epHega STOP CANCELING YOU SUBSCRIPTION!!!! Instead of canceling ur sub ppl should stay subscribed but remove all funds from that bank account that way next time ccp goes to charge u the get nothing and get hit with a bank fee for trying to withdraw from ur empty account. U unsubscribing doesnt get u ur time or money back back making sure ccp suffers even more might atleast bring a smile to ur faces
Stop failing on CCPs failparade
heh in Australia THE BANKS CHARGE YOU!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Xezox CCP ignores bug reports in order to push an unpolished, poorly put together product on players who apparently don't even want the changes.
EVE is full of bugs, and the forums are abound with players ideas on how to fix GAMEPLAY, and CCP is more concerned with making a patch based entirely on 'vanity.' You don't have to add useless features to the game, and don't try to defend CQ as a useful part of the game, because it bloody isn't. Work on coding to fix glitches and lag problems, create new ways for players to PLAY THE GAME, and for love of god stop telling us Mac users to **** off, because we pay the same sub as everyone else.
LISTEN for a change. People expect CCP to be a company that operates differently than most developers, because historically it has. The CSM is a brilliant idea that few (if any?) games have ever used before. EVE was founded on the basis of CCP having close relations with the player base, and that has recently begun to deteriorate rapidly. With all the other MMOs out there to play, this humble EVE nerd suggests you get your **** together, and soon.
Last year and the year before called, they want their post back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Desert Ice78 All that is going to happen then this thread reaches 10,000 posts is that the NEW forums will be sprung on us, all of the old forums will be BIOMASSED (this has already been confirmed,) and Hilmar will arrive back from his junket, will stroll onto the new forums and say:
"Protest? What protests? We've sold 52 monocles is what!!!"
On us? On the new userbase.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Terrorsol If someone read all these posts pls sum them up for us pls??
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Posted - 2011.06.26 06:15:00 -
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Originally by: Ragnar Wintermute
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus
Originally by: Desert Ice78 All that is going to happen then this thread reaches 10,000 posts is that the NEW forums will be sprung on us, all of the old forums will be BIOMASSED (this has already been confirmed,) and Hilmar will arrive back from his junket, will stroll onto the new forums and say:
"Protest? What protests? We've sold 52 monocles is what!!!"
On us? On the new userbase.
Hahahahaha, yeah! We'll magically be a bunch of new happy players!
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We?
You've been to Jita right?
How many times did you pay the 10x guy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Qwyp
* Typical cancelled Eve customer
Lulz
Hey it's Hilmar again!
You should like post about CCP's plans and stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Darkel Veskris
Originally by: Claire Shala
Originally by: Nishachara CCP answer this please:
ARE YOU MOVING BEYOND AURUM-FOR-VANITY ITEMS?
So i can know should i continue to play and spend time on your game or not.
I think I can answer that for you.
Selling vanity only items (even at dumb prices) will only net you so much money, not everyone is willing to buy them. The vanity items are also not cheap to design, model and implement, and vanity must be feed and updated continuously. CCP's 6+ month lead time on making 1-2 new models/shirts/accessories would rendered the vanity only NeX store a joke eventually.
The only thing they could sell consistently in NeX is pay-to-win things. After that happens, its just a matter of how fast things go down hill.
But there is more.
The funny thing about most pay-to-win items is they have basically ZERO development cost. Add SP? Probably 10 lines of code to add points to the system already in place. Gold ammo? Take faction ammo, pallet shift the icon, adjust stats and you are done. Same with modules, BPCs and implants.
Vanity ships, or 'custom' paintjobs and logos will take more work, they've been requested forever and now that greed and a cracking whip are in full command, you'll see them very soon.
Pay-to-win items are just too easy, and too (short term) lucrative for the 'Greed is Good' mentality of CCP to pass up.
CCP will not come out and say directly "Yes non-vanity items will be sold." because they are trying to be subtle on this (and only this it seems). String people along, slowly ease 'innocent' pay-to-win items in the store, and hope people are blind enough to not only pay a subscription, but also pay out the nose for items all but required to play the game.
IS CCP moving beyond aurum-for-vanity items? Yes, at full speed.
Greed is Good after all.
^^ This is the truth
Yeah that was one of the best posts of this whole saga.
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Posted - 2011.06.26 06:35:00 -
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Originally by: Android Mindslave
Originally by: Claire Shala
Originally by: Nishachara CCP answer this please:
ARE YOU MOVING BEYOND AURUM-FOR-VANITY ITEMS?
So i can know should i continue to play and spend time on your game or not.
I think I can answer that for you.
Selling vanity only items (even at dumb prices) will only net you so much money, not everyone is willing to buy them. The vanity items are also not cheap to design, model and implement, and vanity must be feed and updated continuously. CCP's 6+ month lead time on making 1-2 new models/shirts/accessories would rendered the vanity only NeX store a joke eventually.
The only thing they could sell consistently in NeX is pay-to-win things. After that happens, its just a matter of how fast things go down hill.
But there is more.
The funny thing about most pay-to-win items is they have basically ZERO development cost. Add SP? Probably 10 lines of code to add points to the system already in place. Gold ammo? Take faction ammo, pallet shift the icon, adjust stats and you are done. Same with modules, BPCs and implants.
Vanity ships, or 'custom' paintjobs and logos will take more work, they've been requested forever and now that greed and a cracking whip are in full command, you'll see them very soon.
Pay-to-win items are just too easy, and too (short term) lucrative for the 'Greed is Good' mentality of CCP to pass up.
CCP will not come out and say directly "Yes non-vanity items will be sold." because they are trying to be subtle on this (and only this it seems). String people along, slowly ease 'innocent' pay-to-win items in the store, and hope people are blind enough to not only pay a subscription, but also pay out the nose for items all but required to play the game.
IS CCP moving beyond aurum-for-vanity items? Yes, at full speed.
Greed is Good after all.
Good post.
The whole thing that makes me lul is that these clowns make a game where scamming and backstabbing is not only allowed, but almost encouraged, and then they expect to easily hoodwink said user base and get surprised when we see right through them. I've seen Jita local scams that were better than this.
That's the thing.... It's the CFO who has no clue what the power of Eve was. Hilmar probably tried to explain it to him and was overpowered.
He thinks he's really smart. They did take down a country after all.
Yet he couldn't beat us to the punch, lovely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Vanzatoarea
Originally by: Geonin Posting in thread that may kill CCP
lets make sure it does
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They did it all by themselves.
Really. Perfect storm, but all theirs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 06:59:34
Originally by: diaufop Edited by: diaufop on 26/06/2011 06:58:28
This thread's pony quota not being met!
lol
edit: I liked the first comment :-P
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 07:02:59
Originally by: Bobicus Maximus Several people that I know in this game, until now, have run multiple accounts on multiple systems at the same time but since the release of Incarna......
Hilmar "We made some mistakes with the economy in the past"
They want them and their isk to leave and the new crew to only play 1 client.
edit: hehe Pherick Sjang, everytime I see WoT come in on this I think of the Hilter thing :-D They don't realise we play WoT AND Eve. Not even competition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 07:30:21
Originally by: Kraxalious
Originally by: Turkatron
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Pretty much dead on...
Turkatron? Is it your creation? Fantastic piece of communication!
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Originally by: BeforetheStorm90 Too bad CCP didn't have the sense to act like adults. Its a shame, I thought CCP might have been a company with a future.
"Future" was their "communication" recently. I didn't really get what the message was at the time, it seemed a bit "duh, just don't **** it up CCP".
With hind-sight it becomes apparent it was an attempt to pre-seed you and keep your mind subscribed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Bureau Crat CCP's business plan: 1: Lie to players. 2: Try to sneak gamebreaking feature past players. 3: Do not respond to Threadageddon by outraged players who caught wind of lies [See 1] 4: ??? 5: Profit!!11!
Am I getting this right?
4. Wait till they leave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: SNeAkYbRiT
Originally by: Surfin's PlunderBunny This may very well affect DUST and WoD
I was just thinking about this...If this is how CCP treat its Flag ship customers, what are they going to be like when Dust 514 and WoD comes out?
Will they treat them with the disdane and out right arrogance?
They'll be 12yos man, wtf does it matter how they treat em, they don't have a brain yet.
I have a guy **screaming** at me on DUST youtube about being a "3****ty owner"... I don't even play consoles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Abrazzar
You really think anyone with half a braincell will start playing a game of a company that has sunk its flagship with blatant customer mismanagement?
*cough* *cough* 12yos
I tell ya CCP has this all worked out. We just got here too soon and ruined their party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 07:47:36
Originally by: Abrazzar
12 year olds are good for 6 months tops until something new comes out to jump on.
Exactly.
Remember how CCP foundout their retention was 7 months and they weren't sure what to do about it? Then they spent a lot of time on NPE?
They only want 7-9 months. They know the game is **** after that. Also as others have explained you can't compete with CCP so eventually you hit a brick wall and realise the game is a deadend.
They don't want old burdonsome players who demand stuff.
edit: 12 yos aren't 12 yos forever but more just keep coming and they have a pester power shortcut into the parents wallet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 07:49:24
Originally by: Incendia Everto [ ] YES [ ] NO
Give it up already.
edit: lol at 1%.... 99% you mean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 07:55:00 -
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Originally by: Pesadel0
Originally by: Manos Heimenbarger
I would rather EVE burn than die a slow death as non-vanity items keep it going as long as possible. SWG is dying December 15th. It dragged on in its sorry state for far too long.
This, ten times .
CCP also deserves a bit of punishment for taking upto 8 years of our subscriptions into the "future" and using them to line their own pockets at the expense of the service we paid them to maintain.
While lying straight to our faces for 3-4 ****ing years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 08:00:42 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 07:59:47
Originally by: The Pteradactyl I hope they do add SP, faction standings, etc for real money. That would be great if they would eliminate the need for EVE's sloppy character selling program. I just hope CCP doesn't cut in to the player economy like ships and ammo. I think they won't because breaking EVE's economy would really break the game. But adding things to it (like +10 implants) will dillute the ISK and hopefully slow inflation slightly.
There will be no industrialists in the Eve of the future.
edit: if we didn't findout soon enough to prevent CCP from gettin there. i.e. The go bust in a few months time or Eve comes out F2P P2W no indy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: The Pteradactyl Edited by: The Pteradactyl on 26/06/2011 08:01:06 So rather than move on peacefully you'd destroy the game you used to love. I bet you've never had a good breakup.
Edit: Can I have your stuff?
We still love the game.
CCP doesn't.
They did it. All themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: The Pteradactyl
Still the same game. This is over one think piece published internally you're already lighting matches. You clearly don't love the game if you're trying to ruin it. Either trust and watch it shake out or leave. HTFU.
ROFL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: CCFAIL CCP probably watched to much of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wS5xOZ7Rq8
LOL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 09:33:03
Originally by: Marcus Vorenius
Originally by: Angeliq
... It's even worse for The Senior Priducer of EVE Online - CCP Zulu (Arnar Hrafn Gylfason) - he has no education! No high school! No university!
/snip ... And most important, he has no degree (nor skills) in COMMUNICATION, PR, Consumer/Customer Relations... It figures...
and no education in project management - he is the Product Owner ("project manager" in the SCRUM methodology)
and he actually likes the game. Unlike the people in the company who have degrees.
Those CCP guys are certified with Scrum stuff to a higher level then I think anyone else using it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 09:36:00 -
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Originally by: Marcus Vorenius
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus
Those CCP guys are certified with Scrum stuff to a higher level then I think anyone else using it.
then they should really update LinkedIn
They will next week when they're booking plane tickets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 09:41:00 -
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Originally by: Gulliver Rex
I did that to a mate twice in a row.
He nearly lost it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 09:49:00 -
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Originally by: Marcus Vorenius
to be fair, then certifications mean zip, but during the 18-months debarcle Zulu proved that his competencies in Project Management had room for improvement. A year later and he hasn't learned much.
"The No A$$HOLE Rule" by Robert Sutton, PhD"
I like the sig. Sociopaths ruin workplaces. This is what Zulu and the others who are humans had to deal with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 09:54:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 09:54:24 Look I'm all for giving CCP hell but leave those guys outta it.
They were complicit. They did allow it to happen without resigning.
However don't dig through their **** looking for holes. In a lot of cases the guys that have the most holes in qualifications are there by passion and dedication.
IF YOU WANT HOLES!
Look at the CFO and Landbanki etc. That rabbit hole runs DEEP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 09:57:00 -
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Originally by: lee Khagah Still nobody out there ?
AUR = vanity nothing else.
Everything else.
You go now. CCP get 12yo with no brain. CCP get 12yo to pester mummy for $25 to buy ammo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 10:02:29 i need better graph...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Miilla
Ya low life freeloaders.
Morin Miilla, check the sig, came out a few tens of pages back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 10:13:00 -
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Originally by: Cap Tyrian
Originally by: lee Khagah Still nobody out there ?
AUR = vanity nothing else.
The moment is long past where a simple yes or no to that would bring us to lay down the pitchforks. ÇÇP Lied to us one to many times ÇÇP (the decision-making) don't give a fu*k about us, the community concerned players are just collateral damage ÇÇP is to busy spending our money on other games with even more MT and will invest great parts of the already tiny eve team on making MT items or stuff to encourage/force MT on you.
AND HELL, If they think NeX BLUEPRINTS is better then NeX SHIPS F*Ck tHat !
CCP is busy getting DRUNK!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 10:25:16
Quote:
PeturssonÆs speech has yet to be detailed
"I iS g3n1u5. Fol10z M3!"
edit:
but more like
"We have just launched our most ambitious project to date. Not only will we be devaluing everything that has ever been done in the game in order to force out every player with more then a cursory attachment to our IP. BUT we will also be switching demographics from 44yo balding pizza eating pirates to 12 year old with infinite cash. This didnt go without hitch of course and we'll hear more about that later..... For now I'd like to talk about...."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 10:26:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 10:26:48
Originally by: Golden Goose 4CCP This man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rg%C3%B3lfur_Thor_Bj%C3%B6rg%C3%B3lfsson owns 35% of CCP Games. What now, EVE? Two banks have failed to this man as well as cost Iceland millions of ISK (Islander Kronen) and he owns 35% of CCP.
Now you're starting to get it.
edit: Go have a lil look at the CCP board.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 10:32:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 10:34:20
Originally by: Ra Vhim
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 09:54:24 Look I'm all for giving CCP hell but leave those guys outta it.
They were complicit. They did allow it to happen without resigning.
However don't dig through their **** looking for holes. In a lot of cases the guys that have the most holes in qualifications are there by passion and dedication.
IF YOU WANT HOLES!
Look at the CFO and Landbanki etc. That rabbit hole runs DEEP!
Well said.
Even Hilmar loves this game for all his facination with vampire chicks.
The thing is he's got guys like that standing over his shoulder pulling strings. He isn't the toughest acting guy out there and these bankers are BRUTAL!
edit: See I'm even afraid to say their names they are so hardcore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 10:36:00 -
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Originally by: Vixxen Dawn This needs more love
Originally by: diaufop Stolen from the naughty forum:
lol it certainly does!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 10:46:00 -
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Originally by: Aineko Macx
Originally by: Golden Goose 4CCP This man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rg%C3%B3lfur_Thor_Bj%C3%B6rg%C3%B3lfsson owns 35% of CCP Games. What now, EVE? Two banks have failed to this man as well as cost Iceland millions of ISK (Islander Kronen) and he owns 35% of CCP.
Nooooooo russian mafia connection
Quote: His mother is ¦=ra Hallgrfmsd=ttir, ex-wife of George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American **** Party.
Nooooooo **** connection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 10:50:00 -
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340 pages before everyone gets onboard with what the real problem is.
Congrats everyone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Enuen Ravenseye
Originally by: Tamahra In the skype chat, they said they will expand the MT store on player demand, leaving them every option open.
Missed that one, is there a transcript somewhere?
Page 280 to ... 320 somewhere...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Kye Do'lan I want my ship spinning back
I lol'd :-)
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 11:08:00 .... broke forum
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Forum choked before.
Originally by: Golden Goose 4CCP This man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rg%C3%B3lfur_Thor_Bj%C3%B6rg%C3%B3lfsson owns 35% of CCP Games. What now, EVE? Two banks have failed to this man as well as cost Iceland millions of ISK (Islander Kronen) and he owns 35% of CCP.
Originally by: Miilla
I think this reason alone, finding out what pile of scumbags are behind CCP, is the single most important reason to dump Eve and let them burn as they let people of Iceland burn.
I don't know about you but it sickens me that If I continue, i would be funding these pompous arrogant greedy scumbags that hurt the people of Iceland.
This is beyond a game for me now. Once I lose interest in a game, its gone, forever.
Knowing these facts now, it really is GAME OVER.
Originally by: Angeliq Its is not surprising. He has no stake in the players, only profits, regardless of methods.
Originally by: Cyaxares II
In July 2008 CCP had to publish an overview of its finances as part of a bond offering.
Quote: Major Shareholders
At the date of this Prospectus there were 97 shareholders in CCP. The ten largest shareholders owned a total of 97.9% of the CompanyÆs issued share capital.
NP ehf 33.99 Teno Investments S.-.R.L 17.21 Reynir Har=arson 11.37 (CCP founder) Arion safnreikningur 5.60 Matthfas Gu=mundsson 3.72 (CCP programmer (*)) Hilmar Veigar PTtursson 2.82 (CCP CEO) Novator ehf 2.56 Frosti Sigurj=nsson 2.44 Fri=rik +rn Haraldsson 2.42 (CCP graphic/UI designer (*)) Gu=mundur Kristinsson ehf 2.39 Ten largest 84.52 Other 87 shareholders 15.48
NP ehf & Novator ehf belong to Mr. Bjorgolfsson
only significant change seems to be Teno Investments increasing its stake to 24%.
[sic]Cite http://www.dv.is/frettir/2010/10/16/eve-online-malar-gull-fyrir-ccp/ [sic]Cite http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=31660&tab=credits
Just wow. Checkout all the ex-Landbanki guys with different shell companies, it's like attack of the clones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 11:17:00 -
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Originally by: Miilla
Get it through your THICK SKULLs, Incarna will NEVER bee an option, why? Because it is the main driver for Microtransactions everwhere.
That is its main purpose. Nothing more.
You will not just have vanity items, so you are wasting your time asking and grovelling. It just makes you look THICK and DENSE.
Get a clue. Get the message. It was CLEARLY COMMUNICATED by MANY CHANNELS.
Amen.
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Originally by: Adrian Dixon The only solution I can now see is to remove the Nex store completely and CCP never consider micro-transactions again in any form whatsoever. Vanity or non-vanity.
No.
The solution is to cross-promote Eve in DUST and get 12yos who will take any crap and spend $25 on ammo.
Will be interesting to see if they have the cash to make it now that they've let the horses bolt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Shopping List Edited by: Shopping List on 26/06/2011 11:19:29 This is such a tragedy. I used to believe Eve Online would remain apart from other MMOs models. I can't express how disappointed I am.
As far as passive people are concern, this fits the situation perfectly :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng8AHEpNDyU
****ing hell this song is awesome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.26 11:32:00 -
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So Miilla do you think CCP will pay us for helping to spread their msg without them having to get involved?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Lina Alar
Will pay Aurum to double maximum boob size on female toons. Vanity boobs FTW. Also requesting special placement of monocles.
Anything you like. It's just pixels after all. Exploit any market, any gap, any weakness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 11:51:31 Ok I've got an analogy for it everyone should get.
Ever worked for someone? Had a boss?
Ever been closer to the work then them, had an issue with it, but they didn't get it?
Ever had them push you to do something you knew was fail? ...........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 11:57:10
Originally by: Headerman So is there a reply at all from CCP?
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CCP: "GFY"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 12:11:31
Originally by: Ravcharas
Originally by: Argus Sorn Honestly I do think that there is a bit too much anger being generated over what is ultimately an internal memo in an essentially private corporation.
Hi Argus. (Please come back to Nulli. Guderian has delusions of grandeur and is styling himself to be crowned king of all that he can see and I don't know how to talk him down.)
I'd like to reflect a little bit on your points.
First off I think it's not just anger over the internal memo. This is a perfect storm of faeces. Some people are angry at what was stated in the newsletter, some are angry about to overpriced MT items, some are worried about it being a step in a direction they don't want to see, some are angry at the communication policy, some are concerned about neglect of spaceship content, some are simply angry. Dispelling it by looking at the detail, while a perfectly valid tactic, usually won't work because these kinds of upsets rarely if ever happens in a vacuum.
Now I agree that CCP have no obligation to make their internal discussions public. There are however many things that private companies are under no formal obligation to do but which they do anyway. This is particularly important for companies that aspire to have a relationship with their customers that go beyond a financial transaction. Now one may feel that my dollar should buy me X amount of product and that's that. But for better or for worse customers expect more. I believe it is for the better, and I'm in communications myself - I know it's not fun to be caught up in that ****.
It has also been pointed out, I believe by CSM representatives, that the print version of Fearless is laying about the offices for any visitor to read. If this is true I wouldn't go so far as to call it internal.
As for the supposed company wide Hilmar-mail I don't agree with you that customer upset should be aimed at the hypothetical whistle blower. The reason is that I think it's a symptom of an internal disease that these things leak out in the first place. A leak tells me that employee X is so frustrated with the direction of the company and the way in which this direction is being implemented that they have no other option left but risk their jobs to try to change it. Employees that feel that their opinion has been duly noted and respectfully considered don't leak stuff. Not even if their opinion is completely opposed to what is being done.
The issue here, I feel, is that CCP have consistently miscommunicated with their customers. It seems to me as if they are trying to rebrand themselves as some kind of premium experience providers, when most of their customers are worried about unbalanced game content and would like to see a supercarrier fix or missile turrets rather than avatar customization as a means of self-expression. If they want us to understand how their design process works, if they ask two people to argue points they don't necessarily agree wih as thought experiments, then all they would have needed to do is show us how it's done. A devblog saying "this is how we make the game" and that would have been that.
I might concede that too much openness can paralyze a company, maybe not in the way you would agree though, but CCP is nowhere near that limit. And saying that CCP is better at this than their competition may be technically true, but that speaks more to the state of affairs in the game development business. And in any case, I don't give much of a **** about those other companies. I do not frequent their establishments, as it were.
Another good post.
edit: Except, it's not premium they're aiming for. It's "pester power" of DUST bunnies into their parents wallets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Nyssa Litari
Originally by: Miilla ...unless we just let em sit in hangers. as financial liabilities.
This is actually what I originally though Aurum was for. Creating a PLEX sink to soak up some of their liability. Their economist said there was too much PLEX out there.
They're giving every appearance that that first impression of mine was wrong.
I wouldn't be too surprised if they had isk in the books as isk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 12:27:10
Originally by: Miilla
Originally by: Gulliver Rex I just canceled all 15 of my accounts. They will expire in November of 2016.
You better fix the game by then CCP (or at least talk to us)! Or I am gone.
2016? ROFL
ROFL!
You're pre-paided them for the scam.
edit: Shouldn't laugh, so have I, but not that far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 12:32:10
Originally by: Katarlia Simov
Originally by: Miilla
The company is rotten to the core. Septic tank business, largest sh its and their buddues rise to the top, and aswell as that the investors are corrupt.
UNFIXABLE.
That I understand, but quite frankly the investors can go rodger themselves with a bespoke poker. It's absolute folly to **** off the majority of your current customers in hopes that eventually you attract enough new and different people to make up for it. Any company that tells the customers who built the company to go **** themselves if they don't like the changes is begging for a huge backlash. Would you want to invest hundreds of real world monies into a game that just recently told all the people who had done so that they can go die in a fire ?
Best way to make any game more profitable is make the game better. That's the same in any business surely ? Particularly one who is interested in retaining people for very long periods of time. I mean, 'better' is the difference between CoD and Duke Forever. One dev team made a superb if mechanically uninventive game, the other has bull**** gimmicks. Which camp's shareholders do you think are happier ?
These guys know better then everyone else.
They own a whole country and parts of a few others.
They knew better then all the CCP oldtimer staff. What makes you think they don't know better then you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 12:53:14 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 12:52:20
Originally by: Miilla
That all depends on how long the investors are, it could very well be a short-term/mid-term investment, don't forget they invested in CCP, NOT EVE. They see on the table is WoD. Eve is a FINANCIAL TOOL to get to bigger prizes.
They're all one family.
XXXX.
edit: oh **** I said his name without quoting someone else. /me locks door
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 13:03:17
Originally by: Stephanie Rose
Not sure just how many of you have played table top WoD from WW. It was a pretty popular game in the RPG world years ago, like 10 years ago, if this MMO they are making takes off like the table top game did, EvE might take a back seat.
That was the plan.
They may still get it done if there is cash to burn.
edit: Eve is way too much work for the money.... Really it is. Unless they changed how they work 4 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 13:13:43
Originally by: Froukelee
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus
edit: Eve is way too much work for the money.... Really it is. Unless they changed how they work 4 years ago.
Care to elaborate?
$14.95/mo....
Can make a **** site with ZERO work for that.
Compare that to dealing with forum explosions and coding complex systems?
A **** site is what CCP are doing but with MT.
oh and serve as many customers on 1/20th the hardware.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Septohak
Originally by: Dives Armenicus
dduuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyMXYE_50Ts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Nishachara
My only thought about it is that maybe its a bit stupid to concentrate on only RL rich players to be your target demographic, i mean, there are much more middle to lower class people
Lower and middle class people have rich kids.
It's genius I tells ya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 13:29:49
Originally by: Nishachara
Originally by: Aineko Macx
At this point I find the following question much more interesting: Why do we support a company whose main investor has known russian mafia connections (and worse)?
Hmmm.. idk if i understand you correctly, but you are hinting that ccps main investor has mafia connections? Where didi you get that ? ( sry i didnt read every single post in each and every of this threads)
http://google.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 13:31:28
Originally by: Gil Warden
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus
http://google.com/
Probably not the most informative link provided today. At least not out of the box.
You are asking someone to make accusations against a guy who owns a whole country mate.
edit: posted a pic above
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 13:40:32
Originally by: Wearfield
Originally by: Kailithi THEY SET YOU UP! And you bought it hook, line and sinker.
What page is that on?
New video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM3GQZorQQ8&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Miilla
Have we reached CCP Hilmar's metric for cancellations yet?
Are there still complaints?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Miilla
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus
Originally by: Miilla
Have we reached CCP Hilmar's metric for cancellations yet?
Are there still complaints?
I think the complain now is player's gametime hasn't run out yet..
Always something to complain about in Eve :)
Must be time to ban everyone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 13:52:14 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 13:51:48 bad forums! behave! .....
Vikarion: "The only way to get them to pay attention is to hurt their subscriber numbers."
Original size
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They have nothing to listen to.
Why you think they had drinking time planned for deployment weekend?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 13:55:06
Originally by: Govinda Sertan
Originally by: Vikarion The only way to get them to pay attention is to hurt their subscriber numbers.
So...tell your friends not to play, about the way CCP treats us and their game. Give bad reviews.
-Hey Karl ! -Hey Jim ! -Do you know Eve Online ? -Nope -Well, let me tell you why you should not even try it...
worse.... "Hey you ever heard of CCPGames?"
edit: but once again....... they don't care. We do not talk to many 12yos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 13:56:58 bah screw it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 14:03:27
Originally by: DarkTemplarCrimsonWolf This thread will not die as long as I draw breat-sniper round/glass shattering sound-...
Welcome to the ban list unsatisfied customer! :-D
Originally by: Hlinass the best idea now is to suspend the subscription of the secondary accounts. This will send a derailed projects such as "power of two" and the very real impact on the outflow of users.
Did the Jita scammers just ride you for weeks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Ra Vhim
Originally by: Selene Osis
Maybe thinking that this is a preordered ruse to free EvE of the more vocal old-guard players isn't so paranoid.
I find this very unlikely. Many of those who cancel their subs are the silent ones and those who have been loyal to CCP. It had never crossed my mind to unsub until this week. Also, the vets are generally speaking a large part of the game. They know plenty of players, many are here thanks to them, both active and those on break. I am not saying that Eve stands or falls with them, but they are an important part of the community.
Now imagine you're a banker and try to keep the same train of thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 26/06/2011 14:35:31
Originally by: Karneh Vorous -3 Subs here. Out before the "New Player Experience" :D
PUNTASTIC!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: M14D
All of this crying for an answer, you're gonna get one now, and you dismiss it before it even hits you. You're all ridiculously stupid. Utterly and truely.
On the last 4 CCP ****ups, sure.
This time it's a proper fail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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:-( not gunna make the devblog, could be hours... Gunna be an interesting morning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 01:18:27
GGGGGGGOOOOOOOOD MOOOOOOOOORRRNNNNNNIN EVE ONLINE!
So they didn't send our Hilmar but instead got Zulu to repost his blog from days ago
AWESOME HILMAR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Deamos My accounts will stay unsubbed until I hear good news from the CSM.
I'm waiting for santa.
You think CCP will give the CSM the powers to change their last 3 years of revenue planning?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 01:32:33 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 01:32:12 lame censorship
Originally by: Vandrion Advice for Team Coat Hanger (that is how I now refer to Soundwave/Zulu/Hilmar and crew since they want to abort Eve via coat hanger):
I DO NOT FREE BASE COKE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ckIv1tiaU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 01:43:58
Originally by: RougeOperator Edited by: RougeOperator on 27/06/2011 01:38:58
Originally by: Adunh Slavy Lots of White Knights and FUD packers in the EU prime time, curious.
I vote that they are CCP PR alts. And will be doing this until it blows over. Then they will all vanish magically never to be heard from once its over.
Funnily enough the ones that are a little obvious stop posting as soon as called out for being CCP.
There have been a few times where they came in enforce (3-4 at a time) and tried to turn the debate onto "vanity items are too expensive".
edit: the best part is they all have no avatar :-D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Zhula Guixgrixks
Originally by: Mattias Kerensky
Once it passed a million views, we officially classified it a ThreadTITAN.
Is the doomsday device fully operational ?
"Ze whole point of ze doomsday device is zat you have to TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL PEOPLE!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: kari bourza so long and thx for all the fish CCP
Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - Adventure Game Online http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Candente ..... crap .....
Ok CCPs message is "You should like MT, it's just the items are a bit expensive. btw CCP is awesome."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: fatboy21007 btw most of these folks runing around defending MT is just ccp alts trying to change are minds.
It's just funny how obvious it is.
3 days with no one voicing these ridiculous pro-MT statements.
CCP comes into the office and all of a sudden you have 20 people with no corp or avatar posting distracting black-intel and propaganda.
(they are starting to learn the need to create avatars first)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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WE DROPPED THE PRICE!!
We listen.
Now please continue to be distracted for a month or 3 while we milk you dry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Listar Jombardo I'd never buy them as they are just useless junk to me.
This is why they're aiming at 12yos with direct access to mummy's wallet.
Useless junk?
Oh this is why it will be P2W. Can't sell useless junk so better to sell useful junk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Harelip Jenkins The problem I see with P2W items is the slippery slope.
Lets say that the new incoming crowd of players loves the idea of being able to purchase wtfpwn guns from the NEX. They buy said guns and what's left of the player base happily ganks said noob and loots the new $hiney wtfpwn guns.
The first thing that is going to happen is that newb is going to raise holy hell that he paid cash for those guns and it isn't fair that he lost them so quickly and will refuse to buy more because its a waste of money.
Do you think CCP will protect the old dinosaur player that is damaging its new revenue stream or will rush in to protect the bottom line?
What actions do they have available to protect that revenue stream from drying up?
Exactly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 03:41:16
Originally by: Ferrus Grolem
Originally by: Harelip Jenkins The problem I see with P2W items is the slippery slope.
Lets say that the new incoming crowd of players loves the idea of being able to purchase wtfpwn guns from the NEX. They buy said guns and what's left of the player base happily ganks said noob and loots the new $hiney wtfpwn guns.
The first thing that is going to happen is that newb is going to raise holy hell that he paid cash for those guns and it isn't fair that he lost them so quickly and will refuse to buy more because its a waste of money.
Do you think CCP will protect the old dinosaur player that is damaging its new revenue stream or will rush in to protect the bottom line?
What actions do they have available to protect that revenue stream from drying up?
This is one of the major /facepalms about the whole thing as well. P2W is paying for instant gratification, EVE is not an instant gratification game, and knowledge is power, because someone who knows what they are doing can solo a battleship in a rifter if the battleship pilot doesn't know the game mechanics.
Although after watching that Hilmar interview on youtube, the guy is completely crackers.
Really strange isn't it. Especially when CCP say "we'd like people to be able to pay for that convienience".
Pay for convienience in a game where the sticky bit is the time investment.......
Switch to F2P/P2W with DUST recruitment of 12yos and it all perfect makes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Misslepuncher I would love to see someone make actual sentences from this word cloud.
"Think new people"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Misslepuncher
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus
"Think new people"
Who me?
That was a sentence out of the word cloud, relax.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Lyris Nairn I wonder what would happen if CCP just deleted this thread.
You mean when the new forums go up for the new userbase?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Fenriswaffles
Originally by: Algathas they are probably stalling so they can get the new forums up to erase all the topics currently up in one shot.
and then what, is there a rule against creating another thread?
We'll all be banned by then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 04:49:10
Originally by: Cherry Nobyl "hmm post was edited and not the same as what i commented on."
You know I almost came around to Chribba's perspective last night.
There is so much cash to be made and laundered if Eve goes RMT and you can get involved in the market via a site license.
Brings all the RMT'ers into the fold and makes them official CCP resellers of items/isk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Cherry Nobyl dunno what the forum is smoking, but no edit was made.
Yeah sorry wasn't an accusation, think I just quoted the wrong post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 05:12:32
Originally by: Jaik7 point two, he specificly mentions "virtual sales", their line for microtransactions, even though the interveiw was posted april 14, 2011. well before the NEX store was made public. the way i understand it, plexes are subscriptions you can sell to someone else. so he was thinking of this for some time?
3 years.
We've been getting warnings since they read about what WoW did.
Resignations, leaks, lawsuits etc.
Their failing was not just being honest with customers 3 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
That video really does sum it all up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: RougeOperator
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus
3 years.
We've been getting warnings since they read about what WoW did.
Resignations, leaks, lawsuits etc.
Their failing was not just being honest with customers 3 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
That video really does sum it all up.
And they were told time and again not to do it. And they did it anyway.
^^
Hilmar and the CCP oldtimers couldn't convince the bankers, what chance did we have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 05:26:47
Originally by: CCP_Zulu to assist us in defining and iterating on our virtual goods strategy.
Originally by: CCP_Zulu agreement of how virtual goods and services will evolve
"We are pushing ahead."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 05:43:06 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 05:42:37 ..... ******o forum code broke ... sry Pherick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEnz6kwKANQ
Another good video showing the quotes as timeline.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Micha L next step sending mails to all well known Game Magazins what eve become.
Welcome to last week. :-)
It's the real-world media now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 06:10:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 06:11:45 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 06:11:27
Originally by: Daisy Warkorr link to another site
Fixed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbGkvwEqqzE
Another one similar :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKO9h-gG4Qg 5-4-3-1 OFF BLAST!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 06:27:00 -
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Originally by: Marcus Vorenius CCP is obviously not very good at risk management/crisis management, so I wonder what they will come up with to get the situation under control.
ôCharacter is not made in a crisis it is only exhibited.ö - Robert Freeman
They have shown that they are rather flexible on ethics, but how far would they go? Since we have so many blissfully ignorant players (i.e. perfect customer) the list of our email adresses must be worth a few bucks ... hmmm, better check Icelandic Data Protection Act.
I don't like mentioning him by name because they have my address and I generally have a little fear for people who own countries.
To answer "flexible on ethics" and "How far will they go?"
That far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 06:36:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 06:36:48
Originally by: Richard Koslinsky That model just doesn't work when people are already paying for the game in the first place and now they want us to pay again.
"It does not make sense"
CCP know this.
The plan was to go F2P/P2W after you've been milked during the transition phase.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 07:02:00 -
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Originally by: Skex Relbore I do think that the direct actions (particularly account cancellations) have caused CCP to reconsider their earlier assessment that they could just ignore the issue and it would go away.
Now the question is will they allow CSM to save their asses or will backpeddling 3 years of strategic planning not be possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Londo Cebb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXsoakk3GRk
^^
True genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 07:15:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 07:16:44
Originally by: Jaik7
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus
Originally by: Londo Cebb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXsoakk3GRk
^^
True genius.
genius refering to putting it to the inception soundtrack, the actor, the speech, or posting that here?
Mr Chaplin of course.... The rest is gravy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 07:19:54
Originally by: Iok Sototh What next, I need to fly to Jita to disable sounds?
Once MT custom sounds are released you won't be able to disable sound.
Like you won't be able to disable CQ in coming weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 07:26:00 -
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Originally by: Jaik7
i have mentioned my opinion that CSM is more of a focus group who is shown shinies to gauge a reaction, not any kind of governing body with power. i hope you're right, that they can change minds.
Been trying to imagine this meeting for days now. Figure it goes something like this.
Hilmar: "Guys, we are ready. Help us fix this. You are our only hope." (if his head has come that far) CSM: "Well it's going to be painful you need to do XYZ." CFO: "We can't do that we have to grow by X% in the next Y" CSM: "Can we have this guy leave the room?" CFO: "RAGE!!!" CSM: "I'm outta here, lets go get drunk." Hilmar: "No No please don't go, here we'll try to work something out"
From there.... who knows.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 07:30:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 07:32:48
Originally by: Gulliver Rex If I were a CSM, I would not go. Remember what happened to Gracchi Brothers? They gonna get clubbed to death by them nobles!
GREAT ANALOGY!
That story is textbook "now".
Every last detail of what CCP is doing are included.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 08:14:00 -
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Sb7IZQOsc
lol just saw this for the first time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 08:19:00 -
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Everytime someone meantions FW now I die a lil inside.
If only they had given us 6 months with working plex mechanic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 08:22:00 -
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Originally by: Azelor Delaria
... Actually, there are federal laws on the books that if you demand information from a company pertaining to, say, records ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Sb7IZQOsc
EULA they try to put it under Iceland law (which they own) and wieve the UN Convention on Contracts.
Dodgy but they'll play that on you for 5-10 years before someone says it's not right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 08:40:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 08:41:08
Originally by: kestrael nanahara Whatever ignore that Hilmar is the great enemy: NEVER FORGET
LEAVE HILMAR ALONE!!! (In my best mimic voice)
Really. He just lacks a bit of balls when dealing with these *ruthless* financial people he has all around him.
It lays in his lap, but it's not really his fault.
Do yourself a favour, background check each of the CCPgames board of directors and the shell companies invested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 08:45:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 08:45:45
Originally by: SoleuqS Vanity Only !
And uh, could it be possible to have some kind of a button we could click in order to go into our CQ ? ATM CQ are either on or off, and keeping them on when you have to dock/undock is really a pain, but on the other hand, once you do have some time and would want to go around and mess in your CQ, well you have to undock, activate the option, and dock, and wait for the CQ to load ....
lol a bug... big deal...
a bug they don't care about.
Why?
Because it's only optional for a period then you are forced to view their MT shop everytime you dock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 08:56:00 -
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Originally by: SoleuqS Seriously, I dont believe they will make a cash shop that will give you IG advantages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyMXYE_50Ts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Sirus Prime This thread, or rather The Thread, needs a slogan. I go with "The Thread, 1% bull****, 95% win."
oh i like, but more Yogi Berra, like "The Thread, 1% bull**** 101% win" :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 09:11:25 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 09:10:53
Originally by: Bogran if/when they remove the ability to turn CQ off, thats me done.
You are done then.
I believe the plan was to not care about that too much.
The multi-client userbase will leave and the new kiddies will just play 1 client, nice graphics, with heaps of micro-purchases for ships from thin-air.
Hilmar: "We made some mistakes with the economy in the past"
Old rich players with 2+ clients don't mix well with the kids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 10:05:36
Originally by: Teako
Originally by: DERT2
Originally by: Another MMO Forum-Developer
First of all we'd like to welcome the influx of new players to .... Online. The sheer number of new players caught us by surprise, and we're working around the clock to accommodate each and every one of you.
However the number of players connected to our server has highlighted a previously unknown issue in the relay server to which every player is connected. The server team is working on fixing the issue as we speak, but for the time being a temporary limit on the user count has been set up. Once the current issue has been fixed we expect to be able to run without a user count limitation as this is not a hardware but a previously unknown software problem. (In fact most of the servers are running at 1-5% capacity except for the relay)
We ask that you bear with us during the coming days until we can resolve this issue.
Originally by: Another MMO Forum-Player
In any event, coming from EvE it is nice to see Devs and GMs in the Help and general channels and being extra responsive to player base. I also like the mechanics of the game so far and the familiarity of it coming from that other MMO.
Good job. Keep on doing a good job and players will reward you with years of subscription fees!
Congrats CCP. You win the year of benevolent MMO games Company prize. Because of , You give your players to another MMO.
CCP had the same problem with the proxy to the auth server. Takes some tweaking, gotta strip out all the extra crap.
They also have proxies to load-balanced proxies, hardware out front.
Can probably get some cheap hardware from em in a few weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 10:10:00 -
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Originally by: Azelor Delaria
Incorrect. RMT actually has a lot to do with it. It's the base of what is going on. They lied to us about it, and they refuse to give a solid answer as to what they will provide with this new "service". Yes, we're ****ed they're lying to us, but it all boils down to RMT.
Yup MT = RMT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 10:27:00 -
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Originally by: Miilla stuff
Hey check your eve-gate mail, wanna say something but don't wanna say it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 10:36:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 10:37:27
Originally by: Marcus Vorenius re:trolling
A little odd, you don't seem to be too full-on.
For now forums are pretty much on "leave them alone" mode until they ban us all to keep complaints down.
Unless CSM convinces them they need every last vocal player they can find.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 10:39:00 -
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Originally by: RougeOperator Eve gate another thing no one wanted that they forced on us.
Shockingly poorly implemented.
Surprised they actually managed to get it to a deployable state.
That web team is one which got in by "talking the talk" as spoken about in the employee reviews. So easy to talk big about Web2.0 stuff, managers eat it up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 10:45:59 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 10:44:16
Originally by: Miilla
Market prices are tanking as people dump their assets en masses
Haven't worked out which way to go with that.
If I take my orders off the market then it just opens it up for the new userbase to make profit on easy items.
Still got enough PI stuff to tank the market for 7 years.
edit: miilla check your edit: evemail from me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 10:55:00 -
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Originally by: Majmuna
3) "there were and are no plans to implement..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Sb7IZQOsc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 11:12:27
Quote:
FutureDUSTplayer: Future DUST 514 merc here , add me. EvePlayer: No you're not. CCP just collapsed as a company. It might get released as a stand alone to pay their depts. FutureDUSTplayer: cry some moar u? ****ing **** , now GTFO, NEXT EvePlayer: Did I upset the baby? Sorry kid xmas is canceled. FutureDUSTplayer: u r mistaken me with a? 3****ty owner GTFO NEXT EvePlayer: 3****ty? oh I don't play consoles. I'm sorry but you have so little clue what I'm talking about. CCPGames. The company that is developing this game. Just broke from their CEO down. FutureDUSTplayer: so what? STFU NEXT
This is why CCP didn't really care about dumping their player base. Much better customers to be found.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 11:28:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 11:28:47 For those who missed that CSM was recalled to Iceland because, it's all true and they need a new plan or some support to convince us.
Few of the best posts of the last few days.... to follow....
First some images/video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Sb7IZQOsc
http://i.imgur.com/VsH8I.png
http://i.imgur.com/7FXp4.jpg
http://www.eve-radio.com/podcast-download
Originally by: Claire Shala
Originally by: Nishachara CCP answer this please:
ARE YOU MOVING BEYOND AURUM-FOR-VANITY ITEMS?
So i can know should i continue to play and spend time on your game or not.
I think I can answer that for you.
Selling vanity only items (even at dumb prices) will only net you so much money, not everyone is willing to buy them. The vanity items are also not cheap to design, model and implement, and vanity must be feed and updated continuously. CCP's 6+ month lead time on making 1-2 new models/shirts/accessories would rendered the vanity only NeX store a joke eventually.
The only thing they could sell consistently in NeX is pay-to-win things. After that happens, its just a matter of how fast things go down hill.
But there is more.
The funny thing about most pay-to-win items is they have basically ZERO development cost. Add SP? Probably 10 lines of code to add points to the system already in place. Gold ammo? Take faction ammo, pallet shift the icon, adjust stats and you are done. Same with modules, BPCs and implants.
Vanity ships, or 'custom' paintjobs and logos will take more work, they've been requested forever and now that greed and a cracking whip are in full command, you'll see them very soon.
Pay-to-win items are just too easy, and too (short term) lucrative for the 'Greed is Good' mentality of CCP to pass up.
CCP will not come out and say directly "Yes non-vanity items will be sold." because they are trying to be subtle on this (and only this it seems). String people along, slowly ease 'innocent' pay-to-win items in the store, and hope people are blind enough to not only pay a subscription, but also pay out the nose for items all but required to play the game.
IS CCP moving beyond aurum-for-vanity items? Yes, at full speed.
Greed is Good after all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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This is a little gem that went by mostly unnoticed.
Originally by: Belloche On 6/24/10 we were told point blank that CCP had no plans to introduce ANY type of MT whatsoever. Now we have the NEX shop. Thats a 180 degree turn around. Being as it takes '18 months' for CCP to fix/do anything were they lying then? Will you or I actually believe them now if they say there will not be any non-vanity items in the nex shop in the future? I won't, especially since I saw what was discussed in the Fearless newsletter and that Hilmar specifically said, "We have communicated our intention here INTERNALLY in very wide circles through the Virtual Economy Summit presentation at the GSM, our FEARLESS NEWSLETTER, sprint reviews, email lists and multiple other channels. This should not come as a surprise to anyone." HIS words, not mine. It comes as a surprise to us since it wasn't done EXTERNALLY. (note that I put his important words in all caps) If we are to believe that "the newsletter doesn't represent the values of CCP" spin, then Hilmar contradicts that in his GLOBAL MASS MAIL. Do we believe a dev or the CEO?
In Fearless, they said that they will be selling standing and other non-vanity items for Arum. CCP WAS READY AT THE EXPANSION TO SELL Scorpions (or don't you remember that) They removed it from the expansion because of the stink we raised and they said they couldn't add a mechanic that a scorpion ship would be a required material to buy it from the cash shop. (now that I think of it, did they actually remove it or just not make it an option right now?) I have been playing this game for almost 4 years now and this would have been UNTHINKABLE for me to think before. Now? Not only do I think it, I KNOW it is coming and I am SAYING its coming. I pray that they prove me wrong. Unsubbing my 3 accounts is the only thing I can do as a paying customer since I quote Hilmar, "I can tell you that this is one of the moments where we look at what our players do and less of what they say" SO what did I do? I will let my 3 accounts lapse. I pray I am wrong, but I really doubt it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 11:38:00 -
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True enough, they thought it would be cool.
Forget the percentages of players though, we have no reliable numbers on that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 11:40:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 11:42:35
Originally by: Kruger81
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus Everytime someone meantions FW now I die a lil inside.
If only they had given us 6 months with working plex mechanic.
I was there at Fanfest... At the FacWar roundtable, we didn't even get a host...
Such an awesome feature. So very amazingly close to being a working feature.
edit: This thread really is lacking ponies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 11:46:57
Originally by: AbsoIon Edited by: AbsoIon on 27/06/2011 11:39:46 friendly bump - so the discussion doesnt die out/starve out due to CrowdControlProductionsCrowdControl/DamageControl II.
Believe me it's not going to finish on these forums.
There are people here with 8 years of time invested in training on brining down complex organisations.
8 years which CCP took a big dump on.
There are people with a hell of a lot more to lose in this then CCP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 11:49:00 -
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Creamster!
That guy is scary!
Nano days he saw me uncloaked for 0.2s from 80km away.
I zigged, I zagged, he missed me by 250m.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 11:53:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 11:53:35
Originally by: Markus Jome What confuses me the most isn't vanity-items or CQ, it is the catastrophic pr ccp is doing right now. I guess ANY fast answer could have suffocatet this threat here.
***any***
Hilmar could have posted a video of him waving his arms around and yelling random noises.
Many would have defended him "He can't say anything, just wait, we'll hear more"
edit: evemail miilla, check it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 11:59:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 11:59:53
Originally by: Erosie The moment CCP slept with the Rothschilds
^^^^^^^^^
!!!!!QFT!!!!!
Not just slept with. CCP is their mountain hideout cave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 12:02:55
Originally by: Kara Kugisa CCP have a business and their livelihoods to lose.
I am not talking about CCP.
Rabbit hole. Very deep.
edit: look i'll just post the picture again, it's the only way I feel somewhat safe mentioning the guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 12:06:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 12:07:01
Originally by: Kuronaga How much you wanna bet they actually use Eve to launder money through RMT lol.
edit: I wish I could draw a diagram without getting dead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 12:13:53 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 12:10:19 CCP = them.
10mins on google+linkedin with the right keywords and you'll get the picture.
edit: this is why it's not really Hilmars fault. No standing up. Shutup.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 12:16:00 -
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Originally by: Angeliq I'm actually afraid to say more.
Real. Palpable. Fear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 12:19:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 12:19:56 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 12:19:21
Originally by: Kuronaga
Well, I know that ******* Thor owns XXX%.
Check again.
edit: Fear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 12:22:00 -
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lol everyones just waiting now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 12:24:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 12:24:49
Not 35%. Fear is setting in. Do your own research.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 12:27:19 edit the **** mate, evading censor is against rules
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 12:34:00 -
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Originally by: Angeliq Were you "aproached" by anyone since this "crysis" started?
I'll findout sometime...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 12:44:00 -
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guys don't evade the censor it just gives them an excuse to delete
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 12:52:21
"immediately give you all of the answers you were looking for or the answer your questions in ways that will instantly turn those frowns upside down"
Just had to be honest.
Such a foreign concept.
Damn culture.
What is it... You lay down with dogs you get fleas?
edit: Not Pann's fault.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 13:00:22 Smag. A lot of that is pulling up valuable contributions from pages that went by too fast so people get another look. While we have deflected a lot of heat off "innocent" people.
edit: infact i'll bump yours on the next page, because it's fresh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 13:21:59
Originally by: Smagd
That said, I don't think your math is entirely as easy as you'd like it to be:
If 10% of an average $300-per-annum MMO quit, that's exactly the same relative financial loss as if 10% of an average $5000-per-annum MMO quit.
You'll have to dig into whether more bitter vets are likely to quit in the $5000-per-annum MMO than the cheaper one.
Also, I'm just white knighting proper math here. I still don't want micro transactions for in game benefits.
The only stats I can find on PS3 users show they're slightly older then PS2/xBox, however the stats are old, PS3 probably caught up with 17-20. I think they've just been shown their new demographic by Sony and although it's $5000, think that's 12yos not rich people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Angeliq
Ok... So they basically need the NEX Store only for a few months, maybe 1 year or so to clean (read -laundry-) some "iskies". It's funny how you can make (read -justify-) money out of thin air :)
The "people in charge" don't care if NEX Store will ruin the game. That's not the problem. lol The "people in charge" don't care if the game will be shutdown. They are using EVE now as a test for WoD anyway - which will be their FLAG SHIP. Easier to "clean" money with that "business model". Hilmar is just a pawn. He has no power to make any decisions. Why is CCP acting like this? Crown control. Too much curiosity and research might lead way down the rabbit hole. Not good for "business".
STOP with all the logical arguments. It's no use. There are more at stake here than just "the game experience".
HINT: Island is not part of European Union HINT: Island has a rather convenient economical crysis nowdays HINT: Island has a very flexible approach on fiscality/taxation policy (read -tax heaven-) HINT: Check CCP Shareholders HINT: Further check those companies HINT: Check those companies some more:) HINT: Check the owners of those companies HINT: Check them again and the connections they have with Mother Land :) FINAL HINT: FRUIT (read -****-) OFF!
I like you. You think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/06/26/eve-evolved-the-day-that-eve-online-died/
That article is rather good, don't miss the 2nd page.
It's funny, been watching some of those CCP alts, there was one guy that said "we" instead of "they" :-)
Was a good way to get a gauge on their new market. Really Dumb People. i.e. kids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 13:53:43 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 13:53:28 Really should find that post.
No avatar, saying "we" and point form crazy RMT ideas.
edit: with a lil "we're only doing it cause we love you"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Estelle McDeal
Originally by: Vandrion Edited by: Vandrion on 27/06/2011 13:21:38 Ok guys.. It is time to start paying attention to other forum sections then this one....
Here is an example of what is going on in the Assembley Hall:
"- Limited use items like the Cerebral Accelerator, which can be used to increase hourly SP gain for a limited duration and speed up skill training, rather than replace it with direct injection of skills/SP. Not strictly limited to new players, but with a time limit on use."
Assembly hall Thread
That knucklehead actually wants SP for $$$.....
Brilliant. We are already in the discussion not to ban MT at all but to allow "some effects on the gameplay" like SP boosters.
We better stop that thing now completely before the non vanity rule gets softened up.
That is exactly what CCP expected to happen. If we want it they will happily sell it to us.
Thin end of the wedge
Knew a guy who grew up in London after the war. Always talked about how fast the thin end of the wedge goes.
CCP banked on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 14:31:51
Originally by: Zhula Guixgrixks
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/06/26/eve-evolved-the-day-that-eve-online-died/
That article is rather good, don't miss the 2nd page.
It's funny, been watching some of those CCP alts, there was one guy that said "we" instead of "they" :-)
sounds intriguing. examples ?
At a guess the one I'm thinking of is page 150-250 somewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Sb7IZQOsc This needs more views
edit: http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1540190 No NDA for CSM at meeting thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 14:38:00 -
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Originally by: Vandrion Edited by: Vandrion on 27/06/2011 14:36:43
Originally by: Jarnobi
Offcourse they made a game to make money....dont be so naief....also i prolly dont know whats this whining is all about, its is rly TL;DR but if this hussle is stil about the **** you can buy for Incarna then i dont get it....
Stop whining about the exspensive ****, if its to exspensive then DONT buy it, its as simple as that.
I would like to see ppl go to the BMW factories and protest because the car is to exspensive, and ask them to lower the price because they wanne drive an BMW.
But offcourse i can be totaly wrong, and this is not about the boots and all the other dress up stuffzzz.....
See the new demographic?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Brainless Bimbo
CCP did not fully understand the enormity of the RMT market that eve had produced it seems.
Oh they understood it. They found it a lil resource intensive and need to make it easier.
Site license? Who gets one without restrictions?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 14:53:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 14:56:27
Originally by: Brainless Bimbo
the sinks would have been better from start if they understood its scale is what i saying, they knew what was happening , hence plex to grab it
You know more about market stuff then me, I just buy low.
One PLEX thing you might be interested in, they seem to release them to the distributors in limited monthly batches.
edit: pre-generated numbers sent out, shattered-crystal ran out one xmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 15:12:56
Originally by: No'ice Man, am I bored so I went to read this:
http://cdn1.eveonline.com/community/QEN/QEN_Q4-2010.pdf
Interesting,I think...Not
"Strange" how it skipped all the metrics which were interesting eh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 15:29:00 -
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Originally by: Nikki West
Everyone wants a Monocle Smile :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 15:34:03
Originally by: Rohk Ard
What a true genius you are, how did you come up with such a brilliant idea? Did you forget to mention the fact the pirates can fly industrial ships or did you have an equally cunning plan for that aswell?
New Demographic or CCP?
Why would you need to use a forum alt if legit?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 15:43:00 -
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haha CCP blocked me on youtube!
PHASE 2 HAS BEGUN!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 15:47:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 15:47:24
Originally by: Miilla
Originally by: Constantinus Maximus haha CCP blocked me on youtube!
PHASE 2 HAS BEGUN!
Details?
You have been blocked by the owner of this video
Next step in-game bans for all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 15:58:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 16:01:20
Originally by: Cadela Fria Wait..you get blocked on youtube by CCP from their own channel for something you wont disclose (what'd you do?) and now you equate that to all us protesters getting bans in the game? Dude..lay off the dope.
Didn't even see your post mate.
Go read what I said if you wanna know what I said.
Same **** I said here. CCP are fail.
edit: I've seen this 4 times with CCP now. We all vanish soon.
Like that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 16:05:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 16:05:33 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Sb7IZQOsc
oh i like that!
edit: another C?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 16:54:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 16:57:55 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 16:54:45
Originally by: Adunh Slavy Interesting idea, worth some consideration
[link]topic about unsubscribe of alt accounts[/link]
You still have subscriptions?
"it is times like these we look to what our users do more then what they say"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Lurtze
I didnt lol'ed like that for years... the darth vader hello-kitty one realy nailed it. Thanks Milla
Just one comment about the CSM meeting with CCP: CSM's, dont be CCP *****s - they didnt cared to get you involved before they made their stupid-ass decisions, you shouldnt care now. Let them dig their way out of it by them self. I wouldnt respect anything coming out of these greedy bastards anyway now...
CSM hop off the plane, get driven to the meeting place, and.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXRuoSHI6eQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 17:20:56 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 17:17:06
Originally by: Domi'Tar My 2 cents here:
Let's first put aside the fact that the CCP CEO insulted his subscribers, the fact that the PR team at CCP is there for no reason and the fact that the CSM is there, again, for no reason other than "Oh, this is to show we care about the community, but we actually don't, k bye!".
These are my limits:
1. "F*CK NO! I'M OFF!" - If you introduce ANY item in the shop that will in any way alter real-time skill progression. A service to allow skill removal and SP reimbursement will be hard to swallow, but I'll go along with it eventually.
2. "I'll think abou... NO!" - If the items in the shop are purchasable ONLY through AURUM.
3. "I'll think about it!" - If the items in the shop require items from the game, and not just AURUM. For instance: To build a Kronos you need a Megathron hull; To get a Navythron, you need a Megathron hull; to get a future T3 Megathron, you need a Kronos hull etc. That I can live with, because it gives manufacturers something to do and stimulates mining/industry. The MAJOR downside to this will be, again, the rich kids buying all the PLEX and depleting the market of the required hulls. But for small industry corps, as long as they won't sell what they build until they can get a NeX ship, it's a possibility.
4. "I'll stay!" - If you keep to vanity-items and CQ decoration items only. Fancy monocles and dresses offer no protection against plasma.
Personally, my system can run 2 clients at the same time without much trouble, with CQ on. However, losing 9k people because a simple "Leave ship" button is not in the Neocom is just, well, STUPID!
You've already damaged your game and community; now you can just kill it and put it out of it's misery, or pull this thing around and... who am I kidding? Just stop f**king up, please!
P.S. : I don't care about DUST or WoD, just throwing that out.
New content.
Pretty well sums up what we told CCP a long time ago, if they can't find the threads/minutes.
edit: well not that long ago for most those. They did only spring the out-of-thin-air scorp recently.
http://www.sfo.gov.uk/careers/benefits.aspx Thinking aloud.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 17:31:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 17:33:20
Originally by: Miilla Some have been saying this for years, they where bashed. Well they were right.
Eve's martyrs there have been many.
Remember the people who said the whole "Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq" story was a hoax and the "dodgy dossier"? Remember how they were called unpatriotic? UnAmerican? Terrorists? Lost their jobs? Got dragged through the mud?
Last year. The year before. The year before that.
Eve had those people.
edit: and no not just banned, bashed. By the community of fanbois who couldn't believe their ears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 17:36:00 -
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Originally by: Frank Corncob They did find WMD's in Iraq bro. They were disarmed from the first war and buried. BUT WE STILL FOUND THEM!!!
Just had to ask the inspectors for the GPS :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 17:42:00 -
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Originally by: Aganola lol
Gotta repost his comment, it's gold.
Originally by: Jarnobi
Offcourse they made a game to make money....dont be so naief....also i prolly dont know whats this whining is all about, its is rly TL;DR but if this hussle is stil about the **** you can buy for Incarna then i dont get it....
Stop whining about the exspensive ****, if its to exspensive then DONT buy it, its as simple as that.
I would like to see ppl go to the BMW factories and protest because the car is to exspensive, and ask them to lower the price because they wanne drive an BMW.
But offcourse i can be totaly wrong, and this is not about the boots and all the other dress up stuffzzz.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 17:46:00 -
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Originally by: Vandrion DISCLAIMER: The views put forward in this Dev Blog do not reflect general CCP company policies or decisions and are strictly individual opinions, written by CCPers or about CCPers who feel strongly about these issues. This is confidential internal information. Please respect that every company has its trade secrets and that you are privy to those at CCP.
Written 2004?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 17:51:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 17:51:55
Originally by: Vandrion You don't see what I did there, do you??
Do now :-P
I would have expected that wording though, on all devblogs, to show how "cool" they are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Azelor Delaria Vote of No Confidence
Support for a vote of no confidence in Hilmar's ability to lead is waning, as is documented by this very thread. Since there has been no actual petition done, I have created a draft for one, and depending on the amount of support it receives I will be willing to write up a formal referendum, to be used by the CSM at the "meeting" at their discretion.
It's not Hilmars fault.
Sure he is too easy going to stand up to that. So is Chunk Norris I'm sorry to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: lateralvelocity
Until CCP does put something in the cash shop that is game changing i don't care.
Just...... lol.
Why is the CSM going to Iceland if there isn't either a plan to change or a story to sell? Welcome to yesterday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 18:20:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 18:21:53
Originally by: Vandrion
Originally by: Henry Haphorn Jesus Christ! I am not going to read 400+ pages of rants just to get an understanding of what's going on in this thread.
Ok to summarize this is what CCP said via a leaked newsletter... MT for all and if you don't like it:
and then there was Hilmar's leaked email that said don't listen to the players and Incarna was awesome.. Which really meant:
and then we players did 400 pages of this:
Still laughing :-D
Original size
^^ key quotes you're looking for
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 18:25:43 http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/06/26/eve-evolved-the-day-that-eve-online-died/
This article does a good job of detailing most of the issues in the "Perfect Storm". Page 2 for the real issues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 18:37:42 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 18:35:39 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svpsLZDgFK4
Great video about how CCP work their PR.
edit: better less hype video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 18:42:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 18:46:18
Originally by: Govinda Sertan
Originally by: splinters woodyard thay steal that of the french?
Nope, its the new US army flag, since they returned from Afghanistan
oh man that's awesome, from now on the french have a come back!!!
Originally by: Miilla
Originally by: Askereus Sajuuk-Khar Currently we are seeing _very predictable feedback_ on what we are doing. Having the perspective of having done this for a decade, I can tell you that this is one of the moments where we look at what our players do and less of what they say. Innovation takes time to set in and the predictable reaction is always to resist change.
We went out with a decisive strategy on pricing and we will stay the course and not flip flop around or knee jerk react to the predictable. That is not saying nothing will change, on the contrary, in fact we know that success in this space is through learning and adapting to _what is actually happening_ and new knowledge gained in addition to what we knew before and expected.
Hilmar = @$#%^ *&^%$#@ $#%#^
CCP has done all this "research" with "outside professionals" to get metrics on the Microtransactions in Eve succeeding.
They are "staying the course" and we are "very predictable".
So, they shouldn't have to bother with us at all and just deploy the system and items full speed ahead.
I think we hit that "metric" that puts WoD at risk.
tricky lil bugga :-)
Originally by: Katarlia Simov If anyone EVER buys themselves ahead, we have all been defrauded.
^^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 18:51:00 -
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Originally by: Zen Sins I'm not ****ed off about microtransactions. Frankly I could care less. I AM, however, ****ed off Gylfason lied straight to my face as an Eve player when he said:
"However, just to prove the point of the Fearless newsletter and give you a further understanding of what it is then there are no and never have been plans to sell ôgold ammoö for Aurum. In Fearless people are arguing a point, which doesnÆt even have to be their view, they are debating an issue. This is another example of how information out of context is no information at all."
That simply does NOT mesh with the context of the Fearless article which states:
"On the opposite end of the scale to vanity goods are performance based items such as weapons. They are consumed through gameplay, making them a potentially powerful source of renewable income. Selling them for real money is very tempting. They are highly desired by the player audience and yield lower development costs, as variation can be achieved through numbers rather than unique art assets. Selling them though, is highly controversial. We are planning on doing so. I would be tempted to say it is because we are fearless, but the real reason is that we have strong evidence that selling performance enhancers, in moderation, works. Korean developers have capitalized on performance-enhancing items for a long time, but it took a leap of faith from the people developing Battlefield: Heroes to show that the same principles that work in Korea apply for the western market as well."
How is any of the DEBATE? It is quite plainly a statement of FACT backed by given examples. It is NOT an argument that they "should" or "should not" do something. It is simply "WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING SO."
I do NOT appreciate this remedial attempt at spin from Gylfason nor the play for time afforded by the "emergency CSM meeting" on this issue. CCP should either HTFU and admit their plan, or reverse themselves and commit to CHANGING the plan.
Should cross-post that to the devblog thread, easier to see in text like that rather then disjointed from the argument on another URL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Luckytania IOWs, if too much 'null content' is present people will skip past or not detect the posts where people but some actual thought / effort into communicating.
Open eyes. Look again at this page. What do you see? Good content bumped and shouted?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Posted - 2011.06.27 19:09:00 -
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Originally by: Luckytania
Originally by: RougeOperator
I think though the thin edge was plex itself.
Yep. I didn't like it when PLEX was introduced. But it wasn't enough for me to go ballistic.
The aggregate of the things which happened over the last couple weeks, however ...
Well, I was part of the rabble shooting the invulnerable monument in Jita.
BINGO!
There is a subtle difference in who purchases PLEX which is *easy* to wash over in the "debate". People will religiously say "Someone pays real money, it doesn't matter in the end". With some "community team" seeding no doubt.
However;
PLEX buyer - someone with isk, someone who's been playing longer. PLEX seller - someone without isk, someone new
From the moment PLEX was released all dev became focused on NPE and the 7 month churn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 27/06/2011 19:12:43
Originally by: Ren Nekk
Meh, I have really enjoyed seeing Miila's posts each page. I mean comon, the more fuel for the fire the better. Everything is buried in this thread anyway, under the massive piles of CCP fail, and by now all the relevant points are abundantly clear.
There are 15 pages of ponies back there somewhere :-)
edit: maybe more...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Originally by: Solomunio Kzenig
Originally by: Psychlo With all that has been said, (and I have not read it all), the quite killer is that a lot of the serious long time players may have reached their breaking point and leave. Not sure about the majority, but HALF the game is the people I play with. The lost of the real players (the ones who understand what this all means), leaves us with a bunch of tards. Cool game mechanics with only tards is still an epic fail. Like a company loosing all its talent, we are loosing the players that really move and shake this game. It is really sad. I hope they fix it, but I am quite concerned that the damage is done as folks move on. I for one am behind the community and have cancelled all but one account to send a clear message to the CEO. . .since he isn't listening to what I say at all.
It's been great time with all of you. I can only hope that we can do it again.
^^This sums up my attitude perfectly, losing accounts is bad enough for CCP, losing older and experienced players is a disaster as these are the players the really influence EVE's sandbox, they are what makes EVE truely great.
Mornin!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 28/06/2011 03:56:13
Originally by: Kailithi
Originally by: Vaerah Vahrokha Edited by: Vaerah Vahrokha on 27/06/2011 22:15:18
Originally by: Miilla
Won't take many people to leave Eve to cause CCP some serious financial pain, perhaps say they lose 20,000 actual players (and thair MANY alt accounts), that is most likely one third of their customer base GONE.
If you spent less time copy pasting the same 3 posts and more reading the Market Discussion forum (and GD) you'd have found the leaked financial statements and would know that they are already in financial pain.
So link them :P
Besides, even without aging yearly accounts the current actions (and lack thereof)of CCP are the marks of panic, desperation and denial.
I won't even touch on all the reports of the lousy wages they pay their programmers, nor the churn rate for unhappy staff. The code for Incarna alone speaks for itself. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys applying, hmmm!
One must wonder however, how they are going to pay for all these new offices and staff to develop Dust and WoD when they are killing the only game that's pulling in revenue.
Hmmm. Let me think, I am the CEO of an international company.
I have 600 staff costing me say $40k a year each. So $24 million a year in overheads just for wages.
There there's the added overheads of insurance, premises, advertising, taxes, national insurance, rates, heating, water, interest on loans, hospitality, trade shows* (the cost of which alone can add up to $1 million+ per event) ...
I have one product pulling in $54 million a year.
I have two products in development (carrying serious penalties for not reaching agreed roadmaps).
Ah, the numbers don't add up, the shareholders are NOT happy and some of the investors frankly scare me.
So what do I do? What do I do to balance the sheets.
YESSS! If works for free to play games, it worked for WoW with sparkly ponies and pets, I'll make them pay more and more for less and less. Genius!
* One day later the **** hits the fan, the employees - who repeatedly warned me this would happen - are bricking it and frankly getting on my nerves with all the crying in corners and logging onto job agency sites when they think I'm not looking *
What do I do?
Aha! I'll send a global memo telling the staff I planned for this and that the cattle, err, subscribers, will fall in line. Everything is fine people. Your jobs are safe. Who's da man?
*presses intercom*
Oh FFS, will someone pass my secretary a tissue and find me my Wizard of Oz DVD, I need to relax.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Sb7IZQOsc
Great post.
edit: Does miss the fact that it's all smoke and mirrors though.
Originally by: Nox Aeterna My subs are still active, btw. Nor do I care about a MT shop (I do care about P2W ever making it in game, however).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svpsLZDgFK4
Watch that and tell me what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Constantinus Maximus
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Posted - 2011.06.28 04:21:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 28/06/2011 04:21:17
Originally by: m3talc0re X Are you moving beyond VANITY AUR items?
This has been asked numerous times. Not once even remotely answered. ....
Very clearly answered in full.
CSM are going to Iceland with the idea to create a NEW plan or SELL the current one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Constantinus Maximus
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Posted - 2011.06.28 04:30:00 -
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Originally by: AkJon Ferguson
Nope, not answered at all. Even fallout conceded that point.
Why do they need CSM if they don't need to change something?
People stopped worrying about this question days ago, the answer has always been "yes".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Constantinus Maximus
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Posted - 2011.06.28 04:35:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 28/06/2011 04:36:34 Said?
Look at what they DID! Not what they SAID!
geez, lil slow round here.
Originally by: Ilene D'over There was nothing wrong with the original plan we signed up for, namely no microtransactions.
That was never the plan. That was what we demanded. What they ignored and told us "yeah whatever" over, and over, and over again.
Check the CSM minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Constantinus Maximus
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Posted - 2011.06.28 04:39:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 28/06/2011 04:47:17 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 28/06/2011 04:39:45
Originally by: Ilene D'over There was no answer, just a sidestep. Or rather a sidestumble.
You really think CCP would let this go on so long if they had an answer you would like?
There is 1 reason. 1 and only reason why they can't tell you the answer.
Because you'd scream.
edit: I'll referrer you back to Frog in a pot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Constantinus Maximus
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Posted - 2011.06.28 05:15:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 28/06/2011 05:16:29
Originally by: Gulliver Rex You go an pay your tax, that tax buys a bullet and the bullet gets lodged in a skull of an innocent child, and it is called collateral damage.
Do some research where your subscription money goes.......
edit: They should have just moved that advertising thread to "Features and Ideas" rather then locking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Constantinus Maximus
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Posted - 2011.06.28 07:39:00 -
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Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 28/06/2011 07:48:40 Edited by: Constantinus Maximus on 28/06/2011 07:44:00
Originally by: Elaine Solarheart Is there a reason that the CSM has to go all the way to Iceland, when they could more cheaply and conveniently have a Skype conference? What's in Iceland that the CSM have to see?
It's too hard to intimidate people over the net.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/people/p/gracchi.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracchi
Historical Synopsis on the situation.
"According to the classicist J. C. Stobart, Tiberius's Greek education had caused him to overestimate the reliability of the people as a powerbase, causing him to overplay his hand. In Rome, even when led by a bold Tribune the people lacked anywhere near the influence they enjoyed at the height of the Athenian polis.[2]"
"Gaius lost his life [6] and about 3000 of his supporters died in the fighting or in emergency execution shortly afterwards."
Banhammer today or tomorrow?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Constantinus Maximus
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Posted - 2011.06.28 08:50:00 -
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I want to cry.
Only just realised this MindVirus of F2P/P2W has invaded BF3 and I won't get to enjoy the game I've been looking forward to.
:-(
sad panda.
Oh well guess it's mods and hacks of this generation of games for the next 10 years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Constantinus Maximus
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Posted - 2011.06.28 08:57:00 -
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Originally by: Aerethir I just rather would have seen that EVE Online died, because it was special and the world around it is too dumb to appreciate special gems like this, and not because EVE Online became just another MMO.
Unique Selling Point = Lost.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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Constantinus Maximus
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Posted - 2011.06.30 07:26:00 -
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Originally by: Maeiko Tsutaidaro
Originally by: Daenna Chrysi Today the CSM has the meeting with CCP
Live feed or it didn't happen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXRuoSHI6eQ
CSM meet the real CCP top-brass for first time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YHvtEJgBc
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