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Leitari
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:03:00 -
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I stumbled upon a magazine with an interview with Hilmar stating that CCP were considering moving the company out of Iceland due to the Icelandic currency beeing too strong. How far have you considered this and would it involve all of ccp's staff? (those willing to leave). And what impact would this possibly have on the game itself?
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Dao 2
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:04:00 -
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i dont think so :o theyre movin right now, but still in icelind i think. Moving again so soon o_0?
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Tekka
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:05:00 -
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Why would they move out of iceland if they just moved their offices? 
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pardux
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:07:00 -
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also this leitari ;o
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SengH
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:13:00 -
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for those of us who cant understand what hes saying... could someone translate pls?
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The Enslaver
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:19:00 -
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I really doubt this would ever happen, but if they did they would probably move to London, due to the fact they all speak English and the servers et al are there.
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Kur'Dekaija
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:24:00 -
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Reason they are talking about moving is
1: Because of the Icelandic currency beeing too strong.
2: Because of some stupid Icelandic taxes (cant remember what it is called in english).
3: Because of the bad status of the FARICE line. The connection has failed 15 times this year.
Thats the short summery of it all.
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Weco
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:27:00 -
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What was that about 50 or 15 million? Was that how much they earn per year or something?
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Kur'Dekaija
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:30:00 -
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 Originally by: Weco
What was that about 50 or 15 million? Was that how much they earn per year or something?
500 million ISK that went through the company last year. I heard this year it is close to 1 billion
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Nyphur
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:31:00 -
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They should move to Ireland >_>.
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sonofollo
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:31:00 -
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isnt the euro used in iceland CCP could just invest in some US$# to offset any currency movements - if it starts to depreciate sell those US$ and simply make a profit and balance the effects of currency appreciation. Either that or start to raise monthly fees im sure a $1 US rise in subscription fees would be accepted by most players
Also esp given all the new hardware investment
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Instagib
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:37:00 -
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Here is a link to Farice homepage for those wondering..
Replaced Cantat-3 as the most critical connection to Iceland, about year and half ago. Due to much higher bandwidth use than ever the older connections can in no way support the country when Farice goes down. Which as been as of lately way too frequent.. 
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Skelum
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:37:00 -
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Originally by: Kur'Dekaija
Edited by: Kur''Dekaija on 27/11/2005 19:28:15
Reason they are talking about moving is
1: Because of the Icelandic currency beeing too strong.
2: Because of some stupid Icelandic taxes (cant remember what it is called in english).
3: Because of the bad status of the FARICE line. The connection has failed 15 times this year.
Thats the short summery of it all.
Edit: also want to ad that many more Icelandic software/hardware companies (or just all companis that rely heavely on the internet for their buissnes) are moving of the country due to reason 3. 
Well if there thinking of moving to England the british rail isnt exactly the best 
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Discorporation
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:38:00 -
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Hilmar has the funny 
[Now with MIND BULLETS!]
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Death MacroScum
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Posted - 2005.11.27 20:00:00 -
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They losing out on millions of $ in tax so they thinking of moving,
Death MacroScum > Oveur so u moving country's? whats this whole video thing on the forums?
Oveur > Death: No, we're considering it.
Oveur > Death: When you are loosing millions of dollars due to the exchange rate of the ISK you start thinking seriously about moving :)
Death MacroScum >fair enuth
He was chatting in the noob corp, so i asked him.
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Raem Civrie
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Posted - 2005.11.27 20:07:00 -
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Originally by: sonofollo
isnt the euro used in iceland CCP could just invest in some US$# to offset any currency movements - if it starts to depreciate sell those US$ and simply make a profit and balance the effects of currency appreciation. Either that or start to raise monthly fees im sure a $1 US rise in subscription fees would be accepted by most players
Also esp given all the new hardware investment
Iceland isn't a part of the EU, and doesn't use the euro. Also, what sane person would invest in US currency? What is happening in the next five years save for presidential replacement that will redeem the dollar?
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The Enslaver
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Posted - 2005.11.27 20:12:00 -
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1,000,000,000 ISK Iceland Kronur
9,235,419 GBP United Kingdom Pounds
15,820,282 USD United States Dollars
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Temi
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Posted - 2005.11.27 20:16:00 -
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Originally by: Death MacroScum
They losing out on millions of $ in tax so they thinking of moving,
Death MacroScum > Oveur so u moving country's? whats this whole video thing on the forums?
Oveur > Death: No, we're considering it.
Oveur > Death: When you are loosing millions of dollars due to the exchange rate of the ISK you start thinking seriously about moving :)
Death MacroScum >fair enuth
He was chatting in the noob corp, so i asked him.
theres just somethign with complaining about the ISK vs $ exchange rate, that i find quite funny
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Cmdr Sy
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Posted - 2005.11.27 20:28:00 -
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Euro holdings 4tw, especially when the Euro-denominated Iranian petroleuum exchange opens early next year. Only reason the dollar is a reserve currency is that oil is priced that way. Once OPEC sells in Euros, market will adjust somewhat.
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Maya Rkell
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Posted - 2005.11.27 20:29:00 -
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Originally by: The Enslaver
I really doubt this would ever happen, but if they did they would probably move to London, due to the fact they all speak English and the servers et al are there.
Now that would be interesting. Very interesting. I don't really like Oxford that much.
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The Enslaver
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Posted - 2005.11.27 21:10:00 -
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I know.
Also, I'd think they'd choose the UK over the US as it is so close to Iceland anyway.
And I wouldn't argue. I live 50 miles from London. :D
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SengH
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Posted - 2005.11.27 21:11:00 -
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If they did move i doubt the'd actually say where in london due to the next thing that gets nerfed/server going down would probably result in a bunch of angry players with bats outside their office.
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Cmdr Sy
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Posted - 2005.11.27 21:17:00 -
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Plus office space and housing is cheaper in the North. You can get a family home in Manchester for ú300k, that would cost over a mil in London.
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Malthros Zenobia
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Posted - 2005.11.27 21:17:00 -
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Originally by: The Enslaver
I know.
Also, I'd think they'd choose the UK over the US as it is so close to Iceland anyway.
And I wouldn't argue. I live 50 miles from London. :D
I'd prefer they move to the US and hire some charismatic people (like me  ) to advertise the game more, drawing on the large gaming populace.
Also, they'd be based in pittsburgh, nestled comfortably between Pitt and Carneige Mellon, whom they would strike a deal with to beable to host using Internet 2. Between those two universities, you've got a TON of computing power (plus the fiber optic lines are already in place so getting CCP hooked up to top-notch ISPs wouldnt be hard), and lots of comp sci people to hire.
This also has nothing to do with me living in the area and wanting a stable, sub 50ms link to EVE.
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SengH
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Posted - 2005.11.27 21:19:00 -
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Originally by: Malthros Zenobia
Originally by: The Enslaver
I know.
Also, I'd think they'd choose the UK over the US as it is so close to Iceland anyway.
And I wouldn't argue. I live 50 miles from London. :D
I'd prefer they move to the US and hire some charismatic people (like me ) to advertise the game more, drawing on the large gaming populace.
Also, they'd be based in pittsburgh, nestled comfortably between Pitt and Carneige Mellon, whom they would strike a deal with to beable to host using Internet 2. Between those two universities, you've got a TON of computing power (plus the fiber optic lines are already in place so getting CCP hooked up to top-notch ISPs wouldnt be hard), and lots of comp sci people to hire.
This also has nothing to do with me living in the area and wanting a stable, sub 50ms link to EVE.
BAAAAAAAD idea (I live in the US btw)... do you really want the devs working on the servers @ 3am in the morning when something goes bad during DT?
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Armor Jack
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Posted - 2005.11.27 21:21:00 -
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one of the reason was because the under sea cables to and from Iceland are not good, they malfunctioned 14 times last year
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Torquemanda Corteaz
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Posted - 2005.11.27 21:35:00 -
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Id welcome them moving to england.... EVE fanfest 06 in london would be so much cheaper than flying all the way to bloody iceland
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hundurinn
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Posted - 2005.11.27 21:46:00 -
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I read in the paper that they've gotten offers from such places as Montreal Canada and the Island Man Good for them, they should move their ass out if Iceland asap.
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The Enslaver
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Posted - 2005.11.27 21:48:00 -
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Originally by: Malthros Zenobia
This also has nothing to do with me living in the area and wanting a stable, sub 50ms link to EVE.
You do realise that the servers are in London, and wouldn't move? :p
I get 15-20ms response times at all hours unless the server fks up.
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PKlavins
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Posted - 2005.11.27 22:11:00 -
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Edited by: PKlavins on 27/11/2005 22:11:58
Originally by: pardux
also this leitari ;o
Linkage
am i the only one to say this...?
EVE made headline news! before all the stuff about iraq and etc. etc...wow ccp even got free advertisement for EVE...dunno whether thats good or bad these days with the lag though....still
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