This is a must read interview with a Troll related to the topic at hand:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/09/confessions-of-an-internet-troll

If I used a word you don't understand, just ask what it means. I'm happy to help.

I think he's referring to the status of the two sites as being propaganda dispensaries, rather than practically useful for the people who aren't controlling the message.

As previously mentioned, I'm in an alliance that is currently hostile to the CFC (although not currently actively engaged against them). Simply dimissing the site (and therefore all its content) as a "propaganda mouthpiece" is pure laziness, and probably reveals more about his prejudices than about the content of my article. It's perhaps worth mentioning that The Big Lie is a direct attack on (amongst other things) the "pubbie" meme. Where is the propaganda mouthpiece now? Simply dismissing the article is far easier than reading it, understanding it and criticizing it.

In short: proof or STFU

As the author of the piece, I'm quite happy to publish on TheMittani, because I'm confident that there will not be any editorial interference concerning the theme and conclusions of my pieces, and I would recommend anyone who feels the urge to write something more substantial than an evanescent forum post to do the same. In the event that I submitted an article which was substantially changed by the editors, I'd instantly repudiate it and post the original piece everywhere I could. As the editors are surely aware.

The Mittani?

I thought it was The Ego.

You can argue all you want about sandbox but if they wanted you to pvp in hi-sec they would not have Concord at all. Think about it.

As the author of the piece, I'm quite happy to publish on TheMittani, because I'm confident that there will not be any editorial interference concerning the theme and conclusions of my pieces, and I would recommend anyone who feels the urge to write something more substantial than an evanescent forum post to do the same. In the event that I submitted an article which was substantially changed by the editors, I'd instantly repudiate it and post the original piece everywhere I could. As the editors are surely aware.

Care to put the article here so we are not forced to visit that trash website?

Oh please OP, you can't compare EA's DICE with CCP, CCP actually you know...cares about their audience about 10 times more.
EA DICE "promised" to deliver a game that's better than BF2/2142 w/mods but what we got was a generic "cod-ified" fps with a low skill ceiling.
-3d spotting
-very small maps for run n gun(or rather spray and pray)
-overpowered lockon weapons that lets solo engineers win vs tanks 1v1( i was in top 3% for tanks)
-no commander
-small squads
-no VOIP(seriously...)
-suppression that makes your bullets go everywhere BUT the target
-metro map(oh god the horrible corridor) that was "the most played"
- full kit/vehicle/everything unlocks with $$$$

So as you can see....CCP are so much better than DICE and you are just overreacting. It's not as if the upcoming expansion lets you buy an additional highslot with $ for a DD or something.

The difference is that BF3 was targeted at the "new*coughcodcough" audience and old players were lied to with a straight face. It's not like CCP promised to make a game as you imagined it to be and then released a poor version of it.

Eve isn't getting dumbed down as much as BF3, it's just getting more appealing to new players by looking less confusing. Core mechanics are still the same as when I started in 2007(well, mostly :P).


What upcoming changes are you actually worried about ?
Tyvm for providing the link, Im glad that mordor is still alive and well.

It isn't very often that i agree with the Mitanni, but i have to take my hat off... Well written and i enjoyed reading it throughout.

Except that by saying GÇ£this is how EVE works, and if you want to play it, you need to consider this fundamental design decisionGÇ¥ you are indeed saying how the game is meant to be played.

The example of the miner being an extreme example but certainly possible. He chooses to mine but can't undock without being suicide ganked. So what can he do? Hire mercs? Try and fight back?

It's not beyond anyone's control if they have the isk (or rather the willingness to lose isk) and manpower.

UFC, boxing, hockey, soccer, foot ball. All fine examples of real world pvp. Some kid pushing around a smaller (most likely lower grade) kid at school. A fine example of bullying.

You say that you assume the risks when you log in but I say you only assume such risks when you enter .4 or lower sec space.

Highsec is all about PvP GÇö if it weren't, it simply wouldn't be allowed. CCP has gone to extreme length to allow for combat in highsec

Erm, I think you read a different piece than the one I intended.

Yeah, i have honestly no idea how it happened unless i just took so long to write all this that by the time i submitted the post the thread got moved and put me in another one XD.

What "message" do you think I was "on"?

You failed to explicitly accuse Mittens and Goonswarm of literally killing and eating babies in real life, therefore you're A STOOGE AND PUPPET

It was a good read, im surprised :P.

Good read, Malcanis. Thanks for sharing it.

What "message" do you think I was "on"?

Mara Rinn is of the school of "literally everything about TM.com serves no purpose other than to advance the cause of the CFC with no exception". Trouble is, your article didn't strongly lean towards any one side of any imagined conflict. This leaves her at a loss of words to fit your article into that narrative, so she's asking you to give her one instead (she asked me what "agenda" the article was pushing on Twitter as well).