Additionally, the fact that none of the naysayers still haven't admitted the fact, as I said earlier, that EVE requires a balance of 'carebears' and 'pvpers' is also added proof in your inability to grasp the facts. As a result of the new bounty changes, it only caters to the pvpers who want to force everyone to pvp and offsets the balance of the playstyles in EVE.

By the way, Shahfluffers and his corp pal, Gritz1, recently helped to prove further the bounty system is being exploited by their adding bounties on myself when they have had zero interaction with me in-game. They are solely basing their dislike for my right to post here in the forums as an excuse to abuse the system.

Nowhere in the definition of the word 'action' does it state that an opinion is an action, which is what I am being persecuted for. Which by the way is illegal in most countries if you want to make false claims that persecution in the real world for an opinion based on existing laws and freedoms is somehow in itself illegal is absurd to say the least.

Do bounties need to be justified? The little screen where you add a bounty to someone has never once asked me for a justification for placing one.

The Bing Dictionary has, as it's first definition of the word bounty:

reward: a reward of money offered for finding a criminal or other wanted person, or for killing a person or a predator.

The ability of anyone placing a bounty on anyone else for whatever reason or, indeed, no reason at all, whether the OP agrees it to be valid or not, falls well within the latter portion of the definition. The definition doesn't even delve into the reasons the bounty is being placed.

Why is this still being discussed?

LOL, as soon as the bounty system was put in place my CEO bountied every member of the corp... in our group it's a badge of honor...

One of our directors put a bounty on an ex-corpmate just for grins when said ex-corpmate announced he was off to join FW. Our director, however, hit the 0 key a few too many times, guess he was used to paying millions on market for the high-ISK deadspace stuff he was fitting his T3s with. Anyway, our guy went off to join FW with a 500M bounty instead of the 500K intended. As far as I know he still has most of that bounty on him. Good times....

But don't forget the donate ISK button!

"The Assembly Hall Section is there to encourage debate of the issues being presented." -CCP Eterne

There is nothing encouraging for any kind of debate here when players are spamming condescending remarks and blatantly trying to harass my character in-game via the bounty system.

As far as placing bounties on someone being any kind of badge of "respect" is complete nonsense. I highly doubt those who continue to waste isk by adding bounties on my character in-game are trying to show respect for my opinion.

Here is the official statement by CCP last year on player harassment after the fanfest:

"I want to reassure you that CCP in no way condones the harassment of players..."
-CCP public relations and social media specialist Ned Coker

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-26-ccp-launches-investigation-after-eve-online-fanfest-panel-accused-of-mocking-suicidal-player

I have played EVE for over ten years and will continue to not be idle about the recent bounty system changes. Regardless of the insistent trolling by a vocal minority, bounties based on forum posts are childish, not validly based on CCP's own bounty purpose statements and certainly not encouragement for players to post future posts.