Originally by: Azelor Delaria

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I've stayed quiet on this fiasco for long enough. I managed to see one of the CCP call me stupid.

In high school, I was called "stupid", not because I had a learning disability, but because I lacked common sense.

In boot camp I was called "stupid". As enlisted, I was called it. Now here I am, at 25-years-old, a full Captain in the United States Marine Corps. Who's stupid?

I expect a petulant child to come along and call someone he doesn't like a name. But for a company who needs us to survive saying that we are "stupid" for not falling into lock-step and doing exactly as we are told? We decide to use these forums and come together as a community, which is what you wanted since day 1 (at least your claim).

We come together, as a community. This is the first time I think I have honestly see griefers and carebears come together and say, "WHAT THE **** IS WRONG WITH YOU???"

World of Warcraft has an RMT system. However, those don't give you benefits in game. You get a sparkly pony (YAY!!!!!!!!), or a small companion animal. There is nothing that you can buy to give you a massive advantage. Everything is gained through your own actions. Say what you will, but at least WoW hasn't fallen to your level. Then again, they have a solid fanbase that hasn't been constantly **** on by their developers.

How many times have you lied to this community? How many times have we been told, "We are looking to build a relationship with you. We want you to trust us!" To be honest, the only relationship you have been consistent in giving is (not really) surprise buttsex.

We want things fixed in this game. We want issues that have been brought up for years addressed. We want you to stop with this Incarna BS and fix something, like hybrids.

AND WE WANT YOU TO KEEP YOUR GODDAMN WORD.

Tell me: if you lose EVE Online, what do you have? DUST? Wasn't that supposed to be set in the EVE universe? So what happens if EVE dies?

And what stops your competitors from pointing to EVE and saying, "Do you really want to play that when it's destined to fail?"

What about WoD? Your competitors are being given all the ammo they need here.

You have decisions to make, and you have something you have to do. However, integrity is like virginity: once you lose it, you can never get it back. At this point, you have to work for our trust. You have to not only support this game and show us it's still worth playing, but also that you as a company and as people are deserving of our respect and money.

What you do speaks so loudly that what you say I can not hear.

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