There is at least one example of CCP directly helping a particular player group, BOB.

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The other major example of CCP directly influencing player politics occurred during the war between Goons and Raiden. Goons were losing the war and their members were getting angry, so CCP devs fast-tracked nerfs to make sure goons won, as they were afraid of losing subscriptions. Raiden is now a husk of an alliance that rents from HBC or something like that, and goons continue to keep a large base of active subscriptions to threaten CCP with should they ever start losing again..

And there you have it. Thirteen players, equally & equitably divided with seven people clearly representing only nullsec interests, five who probably do the same and one who does not.

Everyone sees what happened as long as they have some comprehension ability.

This is despite highsec having 10x the voting power of nullsec entities. They don't vote, but then complain that they aren't represented.. can somebody explain this to me?

This is despite highsec having 10x the voting power of nullsec entities. They don't vote, but then complain that they aren't represented.. can somebody explain this to me?

Fact is, Goonswarm is actually an FBI/CIA-front.

I have that from a trustworthy source that obviously cannot be named, but if you think about it, it makes perfect sense!

burn jita was an inside job

burn jita was an inside job

In Eve sometimes the conspiracies are a real thing. Some are just overactive imaginations.

Well some employees of CCP come from the game and large alliances.

There has been the case of t20 and BoB.

Some basic information about their "internal security" can be found here:
old EVE forum

9/11 has an insect job.

I can also pose you a hypothetical question. Consider the following, 100% fictional, scenario from a nonexistent MMO:

Suppose you're a developer running an MMO. And a single guild holds 50% of the subscriptions. Now, this doesn't mean 50% of the players, the guild is only 15% (or so) of the total player base. But because they each hold many accounts, the guild de-facto accounts for 50% of your revenue.

Now, suppose the leader of that guild is displeased with whatever you're doing, and wants you to do something else. If you don't, the guild leader threatens to get all of his underlings to close their accounts. Even with just 50% compliance rate, that means your revenue will drop by 25%.

Now, you can call his bluff. But what if this leader's compliance rate is closer to 100%, and he can keep his horde unsubscribed for 3+ months? Can you handle a sudden 50% revenue drop for an entire quarter? Are your profit margins strong enough to pull through it?

Think about that one. Can you ban this leader? Sure, but aside from a possible backlash, his replacement would move up from the ranks, and present you with the same dilemma. Can you ban the entire group? And lose 50% revenue? Not bloody likely. So, pop quiz, hotshot - what do you do? What DO you do?

This is despite highsec having 10x the voting power of nullsec entities. They don't vote, but then complain that they aren't represented.. can somebody explain this to me?

it goes back waaaaaay before the T20 incident .... who remembers the Miner2 lasers incident ????


awwww such happy friendly days back then

Although this will most likely start some sort of flame war, that isn't my intention, really.

Anyways, I wonder why everytime there is some major group, everyone assumes CCP is in some sort of secret alliance with them? I hear alot more these days about CCP-Goon, back in the day it was CCP-BoB, sometimes seemingly founded, sometimes seemingly not. But why does everyone assume any Alliance or Group doing good and going strong must be in collusion with CCP, like some sort of Illuminati conspiracy? Is it just nature to assume that someone doing good must be getting help from on-high?

Taggart got a mining laser II BPO and some Jovian mining lasers or something.

CCP employees sure get emotionally involved in the game. It has happened at least twice that they gave stuff to favour players over others.

Conspiracies are absolutely justified at this point.

Taggart got a mining laser II BPO and some Jovian mining lasers or something.

CCP employees sure get emotionally involved in the game. It has happened at least twice that they gave stuff to favour players over others.

Conspiracies are absolutely justified at this point.