Eternum Praetorian
PWNED Factor
The Seventh Day
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Posted - 2011.08.31 23:03:00 -
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Edited by: Eternum Praetorian on 31/08/2011 23:05:49
The Sucky Community (When And How It Got Broke):
I think that the downfall of the community began when Goonswarm accidentally a ôMoral Victoryö in EVE Online. Now before you give the usual twitch response hear me out a secà
Goonswarm Vs BOB was the staple of EVE Online for a good long while. I remember meeting people in space who literally came to the game because of the stories they had read regarding this conflict. On one side you had forum trolls and a ôswarmö (Goonswarm) where as on the other side you had a community that was more ômilitarizedö (BOB) Which one had it right? Who's philosophy would win out?
One had to winà
Goonswarm kinda-sorta didà
What you see on these forums, people trolling and deliberately spelling badly, originated from Goonswarm. Most people don't remember this however, now it is just "Welcome to the EVE Forums" Goonswarm ended up being the victors of EVE OnlineÆs first great conflict, perhaps one of the more notable conflicts in the history of internet MMOÆs. Now everyone wants to be like them because people have gotten it into their head that that is how the ôwinnersö act. Typical monkey see monkey do mentality.
But more then ANYTHING ELSEà
CCPÆs utter lack of moderation of the forum rules have provided favorable conditions in breading the current environment, and has equally repelled all of the ônon-trollsö, resulting of course in this poor excuse for a gaming community.
Go and read the forum rules...
They get broke everyday by all of us (myself included)
Sucky Game (When And How It Got Broke)
At it's heart, EVE Online is now identical to all other MMO's (capitalship blob warfare more then anything else). We have our tanks, DPS dealers and our healing space wizards. Combat has become so uniform that your standard MMO "Gang" composition wins out every time, with the deciding element being sheer numbers most of the time.
Do you come here to participate in "normal" MMO style PVP?
No you don't.
Somewhere along the line however, CCP thinks that you did. Years have passed and now they think that "WOW-like" PVP in space and human looking character that you can dress up will enhance your gaming experience. Their vision of Nullsec is now one where huge fleets and alliances do battle, where as before it was a "distant and unknown expanse"
This constitutes a dramatic change in paradigm from those who created this game, and frankly we don't really like it. The head people at CCP does not appreciate the fundamental cause for EVE Online's success... it was DIFFERENT then everything else in such a good way. Now it is not anymore.
And with each expansion it is becoming more and more like everything else.
As CCP watches what we do... and not what we say  the current playerbase begins to see them in a different light. They are not the "Cool GM's" that we used to think that they are, now they are just your average, everyday uninspired Dev. Once you lose that you cannot get it back.
What do I win?
A Cookie?
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