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duckling
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Posted - 2005.11.04 15:22:00 -
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Hi everyone,
I am sure you are all familiar with our Buddy Program. From here on it will not only bring new players to EVE but may benefit you directly. If your buddy becomes an EVE Online subscriber your name will be added to a pool of potential winners. Every month some lucky EVE player will receive great in game prizes. The more subscribers you provide, the greater chance you have of winning the amazing prices.
The first prizes will be given out on the 15th of December so start contacting your friends, family and coworkers!
For more information check out the Buddy program: Click here
duckling
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Dannyy
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Posted - 2005.11.04 15:25:00 -
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Oh great, ingame prizes worth billions...
Can i retrospectively get all my other accounts signed up via the buddy program please ?
Can't you just give away some eve store items ? Or does the one costing you rl cash and the other not pse that much of an issue that you need to start giving away prizes of this magnitute ingame ?
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St Dragon
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Posted - 2005.11.04 15:36:00 -
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Can i make some alts with the buddy program 
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Digital Illusion
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Posted - 2005.11.04 16:21:00 -
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hmmm 
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Randomchick
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Posted - 2005.11.04 17:34:00 -
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Hey, CCP wants to make more money with this and if people want to pay a month's subscription for a *chance* for this prize, just let 'em I say. You certainly won't see me doing though, that's for sure 
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Pottsey
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Posted - 2005.11.04 17:35:00 -
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ItÆs not going hurt the game. 12 pricesÆ a year out of over 70,000playres
I think this a great idea as long as the priceÆs giving out are limited.
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Caine
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Posted - 2005.11.04 17:57:00 -
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long as the prize isn't some uber p4wn the world battleship then I'm ok with it... More people playing = better for eve.
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Kyoko Sakoda
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Posted - 2005.11.04 18:21:00 -
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I'd really like to help CCP out but I'm afraid I can't. I wish I had friends 
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Sadist
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Posted - 2005.11.04 18:31:00 -
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One of my buddies has already become a subscriber, but that was before this post (Obviously...) Will my name get added to the pool, or do i have to get another person?
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Hakera
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Posted - 2005.11.04 18:48:00 -
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perhaps a nice initiative however I think that the reward given the effort involved is unduly high (several billion). Considering you can buddy yourself and sign up another account for eg. I can imagine that perhaps 100 or so buddy accounts become full accounts maybe? Thats great odds to win a fully kitted faction bs. Make the prizes smaller imo, oh and do another two for the price of one deal (power of two) again for current subscribers.
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The Enslaver
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Posted - 2005.11.04 19:13:00 -
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This is a joke right?!
Right?!
How about offering a 3 month period of no fee on someones subscription or something? THis is rediculous.
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Karunel
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Posted - 2005.11.04 19:30:00 -
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Oh my god what a bad idea. Sorreh
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DigitalCommunist
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Posted - 2005.11.04 19:31:00 -
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I would have preferred a discount on my subscription for getting people to sign up. I know that at least a dozen people have used by buddy code and stuck with the game. But I guess that might be exploitable :/
Perpetually driven, your end is our beginning.
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Summersnow
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Posted - 2005.11.04 20:49:00 -
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every time I nearly die due to lag I'll think some sob is getting a free faction battleship I won't see for a year to help lag kill me and cost me my HAC / non-faction battleship.
good job CCP.
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2005.11.04 20:55:00 -
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i already made my friends join
make me a sig! Now 75mil of prizes! ends at midnight on tuesday morning
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Jim Steele
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Posted - 2005.11.04 21:05:00 -
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 Originally by: Pottsey
ItÆs not going hurt the game. 12 pricesÆ a year out of over 70,000playres
sounds like the research lottery to me, anyone one quick question do they have to pay a subs or will a 2 week trial suffice
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Zoidberg ENB
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Posted - 2005.11.04 21:48:00 -
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I really dislike this idea, it dumbs down EVE in my opinion.
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Thomus
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Posted - 2005.11.04 22:22:00 -
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LMAO - looks like me getting my girlfriend - yes i have one! - to sign up, will make me the only one up for a prize!
how do we let you know that its us that got them involved?
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So'Kar
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Posted - 2005.11.04 23:35:00 -
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Could you add feature to buddy program that let you see how many of these who you have refered have stayed? I have been doing small campaing for new eve players once in awhile, but I dont keep contact with them, but would like to know if I am just wasting my time.
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Slink Grinsdikild
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Posted - 2005.11.04 23:45:00 -
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It does seem a bit much to be honest. How about a portrait change free of charge, or a special title on the forums? Something not directly linked to the game.
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Joshua Foiritain
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Posted - 2005.11.05 00:04:00 -
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Hmmm, more ways of getting ingame stuff with real life money 
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Remedial
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Posted - 2005.11.05 01:45:00 -
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I posted a previous GoonFleet thread where I listed 55+ accounts that a GF drive had helped scare up at the end of September. Is it possible to credit us with those? We're doing another drive in a few weeks too.
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yetanothern00balt
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Posted - 2005.11.05 03:29:00 -
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Edited by: yetanothern00balt on 05/11/2005 03:31:01
Originally by: duckling
Hi everyone,
I am sure you are all familiar with our Buddy Program. From here on it will not only bring new players to EVE but may benefit you directly. If your buddy becomes an EVE Online subscriber your name will be added to a pool of potential winners. Every month some lucky EVE player will receive great in game prizes. The more subscribers you provide, the greater chance you have of winning the amazing prices.
The first prizes will be given out on the 15th of December so start contacting your friends, family and coworkers!
For more information check out the Buddy program: Click here
duckling
Ok, so from this everyone has been able to deduce that we are going to get an UBER WTFPWN faction BS worth billions of ISK that is going to be able to fit titan superweapons ?
For a role playing community (well it is a role playing game) you have the smallest imagination ive encountered.
Why is it not possible that this reward be a giant secure can thats coloured bright purple with flashing red lights covering it or something ?
isnt that slightly more plausible that a uber faction BS worth billions ?
As for buying IG items with RL currency, all you are doing is putting a email address in a box, if that is your email address and you end up getting the items because you signed up another alt account of yours, would that mean that YOU broke the EULA, because YOU bought, or attempted, to buy an IG item with RL currency ?
Please people
im getting really sick of everyone dev-bashing everytime they try and make the game better for us.
Or do you really beleive that the devs are out to destroy the game that they have worked on for over 10years now ?
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Zoidberg ENB
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Posted - 2005.11.05 07:21:00 -
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Originally by: Slink Grinsdikild
It does seem a bit much to be honest. How about a portrait change free of charge, or a special title on the forums? Something not directly linked to the game.
Yup, this is much more appropriate. I'd expect this of EA or SOE but not CCP... please reconsider.
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Nyphur
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Posted - 2005.11.05 07:34:00 -
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As long as they're small prizes, I don't terribly mind. Anything huge would be a little corrupt, though...
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sonofollo
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Posted - 2005.11.05 07:56:00 -
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a good monthly prize could be a t2 cap recharger 500 run BPC.
Or 5 prizes of t2 cap recharger = 100 run BPCs
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The Enslaver
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Posted - 2005.11.05 09:54:00 -
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Originally by: Nyphur
As long as they're small prizes, I don't terribly mind. Anything huge would be a little corrupt, though...
You mean, like a fully fitted faction BS?
Or a full set of pirate implants?
CCP - seriously, don't do this.
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voodoo
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Posted - 2005.11.05 11:06:00 -
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Hey cool idea. just another way to help create a larger game base and reward those of us that try and gather new players. good good
as for pretty much every other post before mine, wow.
please please can i do it, can i? ok thanks
HEY NEGGIE NELLYS STFU
good idea ducklingand crew..
The Blue Pills Aren't Working Anymore
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Marcus Aurelius
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Posted - 2005.11.05 11:19:00 -
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Edited by: Marcus Aurelius on 05/11/2005 11:22:49
Quote:
This monthÆs prizes
In the first round we will be giving out these amazing prizes:
A factional battleship fitted with uber mods.
Pick from the following factional battleship and we will fit it with the appropriate uber gear: Navy Raven, Megathron Navy Issue, Tempest Fleet Issue, Apocalypse Navy Issue.
A complete set of pirate implants.
Get a complete set of these very hard to get pirate implants that not only will enhance your attributes but also give additional bonuses depending upon type of implant. Select from:
Snake: 53.63% velocity and smuggling chance bonus
Slave: 53.63% armor hp bonus
Crystal: 53.63% shield boost bonus
Talisman: -38.12% energy emission systems duration bonus
Halo: -20.7% signature radius bonus
A Heavy Assault Cruiser of your choice.
Select from these HAC's: Zealot, Cerberus, Deimos, Vagabond.
Now, nr1 and 2 both are worth in excess of two BILLION isk each.
That is an amount of ingame wealth most character less then a year into the game can only dream of having, let alone getting for doing absolutely ****-all.
Nr3. is worth maybe 130million isk, which would be fine.
Please keep thins somewhat in perspective CCP. We're ttalking about giving away the comparable worth of 12+ months of subscription time here. Why can't you just keep it out of game instead of this ? The worth of these prizes equals the market worth of a character that has been playing the game for about two whole years....
I'd love to know how many new subs you get via the buddy program tbh. Might be worth subscribing a dozen new accounts for one month if that gives me a good chance of winning said prize in the coming month After all, thats only half the cost of what the prize would be worth...
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TekRa
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Posted - 2005.11.05 12:57:00 -
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so much for isk sinks. lets just throw in billions of isk for people who didn't work for it. hey wait a minute... cash (subs) for ingame items? isn't this a bit like ebaying?
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Remedial
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Posted - 2005.11.05 14:37:00 -
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OH MY GOD PEOPLE THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE GAME ARE BEING REWARDED WITH INGAME MONEY STOP STOP STOP STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like how half the people posting about how this is unfair are already rich or pirate for a living. Give me a break.
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Kim Wu
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Posted - 2005.11.05 15:34:00 -
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worst idea ever
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Joshua Foiritain
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Posted - 2005.11.05 16:10:00 -
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Edited by: Joshua Foiritain on 05/11/2005 16:11:19
Originally by: Remedial
I like how half the people posting about how this is unfair are already rich or pirate for a living. Give me a break.
So how exactly does piracy relate into this whole thing? Or have you recently been pirated while mining veldspar? 
Anyhows neither of the above applies for me... yet somehow i still see something wrong in handing out billions of isk in exchange for rl cash.
But meh, ive always wanted a fully fitted navy mega so i guess ill go spam random people with buddy trails ^_^
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Flyer11
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Posted - 2005.11.05 17:00:00 -
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ok just a few points id like to raise
* cash for getting people to sign up for eve is this gonna be full subcription and were entered or is it just for the trial peroid.. if its tirla then its sooo exploitable just sign up 50times and change the email each time like [email protected] and [email protected] if its for subcriptions then its not so bad but isnt this a breech of the EULA? like buying ISK from ebay and isk sites.. which i can still find tho ive reported them god knows how many times.. 
* say if the prize is a fully fitted faction BS or something.. half the players like myself wouldnt even be able to fly the darn thing and it wud just end up escrowed for some other person and we get the cash not usage of the ship for example.. it should be a choice of the money [isk] or a faction ship someone can fly..
getting more people into eve is a great idea and it will make eve grow and expand but i think the prizes need to be a lil more imaginitive other than ingame for RL cash
i like the idea of say 3months free to the winner or winners or money off the next 3 months subscription charges, but ingame prizes for RL cash i dont agree with.. i mean why not just go on ebay and buy isk for $50 for millions and ull have the same thing as the winner
i've also reccomended like 8 of my friends to join eve and they subscribe[october 2005] to it as well so am i gonna be entered into it or is it just from today or something..
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Omber Zombie
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Posted - 2005.11.05 20:08:00 -
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is it just me or is everyone missing this...
Quote:
If your buddy becomes an EVE Online subscriber
You want to sign up 50 accounts and pay for them, cool, have the bship.
If not, I really can't see the problem. It's supposed to encourage people to get their friends to play.
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Joshua Foiritain
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Posted - 2005.11.05 20:14:00 -
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Edited by: Joshua Foiritain on 05/11/2005 20:16:42
Originally by: Omber Zombie
is it just me or is everyone missing this...
Quote:
If your buddy becomes an EVE Online subscriber
You want to sign up 50 accounts and pay for them, cool, have the bship.
If not, I really can't see the problem. It's supposed to encourage people to get their friends to play.
Which can be done with out of game rewards just as easily, say 14 days free subscription per user that subscribes to eve or credit in the store.
All you need is one account not fifty 
Plus itll encourage spamming, since theres was no reward there was never any reason to look for email adresses on the web, now that theres a chance to win something it becomes a lot more tempting. Its easy to print out lists of email adresses from certain large forums, lets say you take the time to send several hundred a month, surely someone will look into the email and try eve
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Omber Zombie
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Posted - 2005.11.05 20:20:00 -
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Look, I'd prefer oog rewards too (a nice piece of poster art beats ingame stuff everyday). But the outrage and insanity in these threads is going a bit far.
People need to chill out and write what they feel about it in a constructive way rather than:
OMGWTFYARRBQ, they is giving stuff away, bad, arrrgh
and stuff to that effect.
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DevBlogHaxor
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Posted - 2005.11.05 23:29:00 -
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Everyone acts like they know how the system works.
I would imagine they set it up so your "buddy" that signs up, must use a different credit card than the one thats on your account, and the name on the card must be different than yours.
So, its not as easy as signing up 50 accounts, you'll need 50 credit cards, all with different names.
And then your still paying $20 per raffle ticket, and that still doesnt garantee that you'll win.
On top of that, CCP could promise a nice, shiny, permanent ban if the system is abused.
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Drilla
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Posted - 2005.11.06 00:14:00 -
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I hope this applies to ALL subscription since the start of the buddyprogram?
Some of us has been getting all possible 'targets' to play EVE and succeded in alot of cases for a LONG time but now you give out billions to people?
This is the worst idea EVER - extend subscriptions for free if you must but giving out 'isk' for what veteran players have done freely for you - for a long time is just plain wrong.
Either you do it from back when buddyprogram started or not at all.
CCP - the next SOE.
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Jaabaa Prime
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Posted - 2005.11.06 00:24:00 -
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This is a dreadful idea.
Raffle posters, EVE mugs or what ever for buddy subs.
But please leave ingame rewards to ingame achievements.
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Remedial
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Posted - 2005.11.06 14:59:00 -
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You guys realize that even if you signed up 50 fake accounts it would cost $1,000 in real money for a CHANCE to win a few billion isk?
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Goldar
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Posted - 2005.11.06 17:03:00 -
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Hey what a great idea, lets reward the macro miners who probably set up 15-20 accounts a month and are going to have more chances to win these prizes than the people who maybe get one of their friends to start playing 
In game prizes NO
Out of game Prizes YES
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Brannigan McCormick
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Posted - 2005.11.06 20:19:00 -
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Originally by: Joshua Foiritain
Which can be done with out of game rewards just as easily, say 14 days free subscription per user that subscribes to eve or credit in the store.
Problem is, OOG items cost OOG cash, while ingame prizes are free, when seen from CCP.
Also, just to continue the build-up, i'm pretty sure that the winning prize is the deed to Jove space, allowing you to collect taxes from all transactions there. 
Come on .. a fully fitted faction BS? There has been no mention of what the prizes are, and yet, people are yelling foul, when they have absolutely no basis to do so.
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ParMizaN
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Posted - 2005.11.06 20:52:00 -
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urgh i really dont think you've thought this through very well...
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Reptar
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Posted - 2005.11.07 02:39:00 -
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rubbish idea, the rewards are way out of proportion.
 Boo!!! *throws* fruit at buddy program raffle
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Tarmiriel
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Posted - 2005.11.07 07:02:00 -
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In game rewards for out of game actions would seem, to me, to be a direct slap at the ingame efforts of those seeking the same rewards.
Not having to accomplish something ingame to receive ingame rewards is very wrong.
Getting a new subscriber is NOT an ingame challenge.
Seems like a corrupt system to me.
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Teblin
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Posted - 2005.11.07 07:38:00 -
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I think I summed the situation up pretty well here:
http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=244082&page=6#177
The post is based on Oveur's responses in the thread to certain nay-sayers. I think you can safely say there's nothing to worry about with the buddy raffle.
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Sirilonwe
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Posted - 2005.11.07 10:13:00 -
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I totally disagree with ingame items. I'd prefer some ingame event with the winner (being the masterpiece of a drama, and so on)... this would be cool.
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Rthor
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Posted - 2005.11.07 10:48:00 -
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We dont have RL friends, we play Eve.
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Tiny Carlos
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Posted - 2005.11.07 13:07:00 -
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Originally by: Teblin
I think I summed the situation up pretty well here:
http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=244082&page=6#177
The post is based on Oveur's responses in the thread to certain nay-sayers. I think you can safely say there's nothing to worry about with the buddy raffle.
Oh that make's it all alright then
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Amataras
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Posted - 2005.11.07 15:21:00 -
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Edited by: Amataras on 07/11/2005 15:24:21
This is ridiculous tbh
Reward the winner with out-of-game prizes, not in-game.
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VonKaplanek III
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Posted - 2005.11.07 16:31:00 -
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I hope this is a joke...
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Klav
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Posted - 2005.11.07 18:34:00 -
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Dont mix out of game with ingame, no matter what.
This is the second worst choise CCP made, allowing gamecard selling for ISK still on top, wonder then CCP are gonna start selling ingame stuff for cash themself?
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Drakxter
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Posted - 2005.11.07 20:38:00 -
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I think this is a VERY BAD IDEA..
Becuase you are now mixing real life with ingame "life"..
Keep Real Life and EVE Life apart please.. Dont mix it like this..
People are not suppose to become "great" ingame because they "buy" the "greatness" by getting more subscribers into the game.
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Verocity
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Posted - 2005.11.07 21:46:00 -
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I used to play Earth and Beyond.
They did the same thing a few months before they announced they were pulling the plug on the servers.
Yea...
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Blind Man
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Posted - 2005.11.07 22:42:00 -
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at this whole idea, we allowed to buy isk off ebay too?
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Jaketh Ivanes
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Posted - 2005.11.08 08:51:00 -
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Originally by: Blind Man
at this whole idea, we allowed to buy isk off ebay too?
I would think so, if the Ebay seller is someone from CCP
This sucks, CCP. Might not be constructive, but truth.
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Del Narveux
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Posted - 2005.11.08 23:09:00 -
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Maybe, as alluded to before this wont just be teh uber pwnz0r ship/module/whatever, but something more unique and interesting, like T2 Oveur's Sock Drawer. IMO eve should have more oddball stuff like this, have them in complex drops and event rewards and whatnot.
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Is that my torped sig cloaking your base?
Originally by: Wrangler
Well, at least we have forum PvP..
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benwallace
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Posted - 2005.11.08 23:10:00 -
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Originally by: Teblin
I think I summed the situation up pretty well here:
http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=244082&page=6#177
The post is based on Oveur's responses in the thread to certain nay-sayers. I think you can safely say there's nothing to worry about with the buddy raffle.
No
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Panzer Faust
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Posted - 2005.11.08 23:29:00 -
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lame lame lame.
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sonofollo
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Posted - 2005.11.08 23:43:00 -
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if there is to be an referrl program how about for each new paying account per credit card customer giving the referring player 1 months free play or perhaps for every 2 customers they get 1 months free play. The 2 new custoemrs would pay for 2 months so that seems a fair trade off.
Either that or a ingame 50 run t2 item BPC or some minor mid level prize (how about a navy issue thorax) they arent ingame anyway so that could seed em - mixing RL cash with ingame items except for within china is a bad idea at least in my opinion. And against the current EULA
As for pulling the plug CCP has stated they are now making a profit ocne over i think 70,000 paying accounts so thats being ploughed into new hardware and 1 more staff member i think
As far as ingame raffle well those go on unoffically anyway with different corps.
Suggestions for mid range raffle prizes that wont create instatn billionares at least massive millionares
t2 components (limited amount) factional weapons and ammunition (calderi missile launchers, gallente railguns etc)
t2 implants ? perhaps a pack of 3 high ends or 6 low ends.
A full pack of those specialised skillbooks for agent runners (ie high tech connections - labor connections) or if they didnt want them resold - the winning player would get them all set to level 1 trained so they can train more - perhaps the DED connections skillbook (1500 ISK boost per level trained on pirate bounties) NPC.
Just a few suggestions.
A planet named after them perhaps ? or a agent named after them somewhere in eve.
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Kerushi
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Posted - 2005.11.09 00:30:00 -
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it`s not the directly the isk
how long would 1 take to gather all the best super rare faction mods ingame?
it took me 2-3 weeks just to get my stuff with 1 or 2 hours looking and asking and some time just a quick look on escrow
keep it out of game with a tshirt+mug+cap or what ever, don`t cheat them with ** days cut, the **** will hit excrow within a few hours nway
all u need to do is put a bot on all irc servers and spam in any chan it can, easy to do with pre-server listings from mirc and a channel query so u just have to type "./spam.sh"...
as abouve, it took me time to get rather causal cool stuff with a pricetag of going to the 3 bil, i`m far from training for it to be usefull let alone some random git who doesn`t have the skills, determination to keep it or did some work for it
i know i`ll be keeping and use my ship, if it was given, i`d strip it apart and sell it on escrow after a test run...
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TuRtLe HeAd
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Posted - 2005.11.09 14:06:00 -
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Excellent prizes.
Well worth getting more players for you. Theres plenty of Faction ships in the game already, its not going to make a difference having a couple more.
Well done CCP.
May be if the player signs up you should offer 1 month Free subscription to the player that signed them? (2 cents)
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Ixchebel
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Posted - 2005.11.09 19:04:00 -
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I vote for long-service prizes...you know...1 year, 5 years, 10 years ad infinitum What would the in-game equivalent of a golden handshake be?
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Tesk Malloc
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Posted - 2005.11.09 21:57:00 -
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Hate the idea.
To give someone a rare ingame item for getting CCP more RL money, why not just setup an auction site like in EQ while your at it.
Although not as bad, the similarities are glaring.
Tesk Malloc - Hired Scum, Murderer and All Round Nasty Piece Of Work
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Zenzen Wakaranai
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Posted - 2005.11.09 23:56:00 -
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Boooooooo! Terrible idea!
I'm a new player and this seems ridiculously unfair, like some crap that Square Enix or Sony Online would pull. I thought you guys were better than that!
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James Lyrus
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Posted - 2005.11.10 11:46:00 -
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What's the big deal? There's an incentive to encourage signups. Not _trial_ accounts, but increasing customers.
And there's a prize, which whilst it's nice, is hardly going to bring about the apocalypse, or destabilise the economy.
And _if_ someone's nuts enough to go register 50 accounts, and pay ... whatever it is each, then they're getting more raffle tickets, but are hardly guaranteed a win.
In game reward for out of game effort isn't necessarily a bad thing. Figuring good trade routes, doing 'consultancy', designing starbases, doing signatures, writing fanfic, running websites. These are all _out of game_ effort. But I don't see a problem with paying someone isk for a signature.
If CCP ever do a 'buy stuff for RL money' then I'll probably be cancelling my sub. But I really don't think that's ever going to happen.
This is just a reward for those who are helping the community to grow, which whilst it's an out of game effort, it's very much an in game impact.
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Kerushi
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Posted - 2005.11.10 13:20:00 -
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yea but no one can win from all those macro mining accounts coming and coming
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Remedial
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Posted - 2005.11.11 15:10:00 -
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Originally by: Kerushi
yea but no one can win from all those macro mining accounts coming and coming
Except if an account keeps inviting other accounts that macromine, they've just flagged themselves to be watched and banned. 
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Qingu
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Posted - 2005.11.11 16:53:00 -
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Originally by: James Lyrus
If CCP ever do a 'buy stuff for RL money' then I'll probably be cancelling my sub. But I really don't think that's ever going to happen.
You can already buy gametime cards for RL money and sell for ISK; and CCP have said it is fine.
So there you have it, CCP already do a 'buy stuff for RL money' thing.
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Tara Venzia
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Posted - 2005.11.16 12:59:00 -
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Teblin, im wondering why u didn't closed this thread... isn't it going nowhere too in your mind?
i'm agree with (most of) the others, it's a bad idea. or better: i don't like the idea!
and your post (http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=244082&page=6#177) won't convince me.
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Kerushi
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Posted - 2005.11.16 16:17:00 -
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Originally by: Tara Venzia
Teblin, im wondering why u didn't closed this thread... isn't it going nowhere too in your mind?
i'm agree with (most of) the others, it's a bad idea. or better: i don't like the idea!
and your post (http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=244082&page=6#177) won't convince me.
cause this thread is made by an dev
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