Earlier this month, CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar P+¬tursson apologised for the mistakes made when CCP ploughed ahead with risky plans that players, the CSM and even developers on the inside had raised concerns over. "Even now, higher-ups still talk down on players," the insider told me, "and say we have just hit a bump because some bad players refuse to see the awesomeness of our vision. We're told that it is not our fault." As a consequence of recent development plans not panning out as expected, EVE subscription levels have dropped, previously secure jobs have been distressingly lost, and morale among developers appears understandably low.

I'd love to see thoose management dickheads, grind 2 or 3 months (or pay 50 Gé¼ for PLEX] to get a shiney faction BS or carrier, and loose it in lag, and not working game mechanics..... i'd really love to see them emorage.

START PLAYING YOUR GAME DUMB FUCKS!

wow: no censoring o.O

It does me no good whatsoever if there are candle-lit shrines to me all around the CCP HQ whilst bugs are not fixed, issues are not resolved.

Similarly, I don't care if they call us disgusting little peasants amongst themselves, as long as they deliver on the development of EVE, knowing that the consequences of failure to do so will be that their company will fall apart.

In short: Oderint Dum Metuant

Unsubbed because of Hilmar's tone.

You have got to be kidding. Because of his 'tone"?

A tone in a man's voice reveals so many things.

Well this may be true for someone you know personally, I don't see how his tone in any way sounds other than what it is - the way he annuciates his words.

Pleasse reconsider your unsubbing.

A tone in a man's voice reveals so many things.

PS: If an anonymous source quoting an anonymous third party on anything is enough to "stroke you the wrong way" then you need to see a doctor ASAP and ask to be heavily medicated, you are a threat to yourself and everyone around you.

A tone in a man's voice reveals so many things.

Aah yes, the convenient "insider" that is forever anonymous and always truthful in all matters!

Source critique ... it is not optional when navigating the interwebs .. if you do not conduct them with religious fervour then please do the world a favour and yank your network cables.

But ...
Is that evil equally anonymous executive wrong in his assessment that mainly the Emo's are to blame for having limited imagination?
Personally I'd say yes, but its close to 50/50 split on the blame front so a tough call. CCP dropped the ball badly when they threw all that weight behind something that only a handful of their customers could see as part of Eve/identified with .. ie. a massive project management failure and the king of timing suck.

We'll still have Nex, streaking in stations, station brothels and what not .. it will just be after they have caught up on all the stuff they neglected when they put on the blinders

PS: If an anonymous source quoting an anonymous third party on anything is enough to "stroke you the wrong way" then you need to see a doctor ASAP and ask to be heavily medicated, you are a threat to yourself and everyone around you.

If I made myself anonymous and said a whole bunch of inflammatory things would people believe me?

If I made myself anonymous and said a whole bunch of inflammatory things would people believe me?

If I made myself anonymous and said a whole bunch of inflammatory things would people believe me?

The development plans for the winter expansion have been deferred in favour of releasing small features like new ships and modules, and adding implants to killmails. "All prior release planning is basically in the trash," the insider told me, adding that "several people are getting carte blanche for teaming up on a feature basis, making little things with a measurable impact."

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/10/23/eve-evolved-the-human-casualties/

There's this paragraph in that interview, that struck me the wrong way, I mean, really upset me after reading about all this lay offs (inevitable I know) and all this 'we were wrong and were going to fix this' mentality then being struck with an insider interview tha still some of the decision makers in the CCP workforce are arrogant enough to believe they are the ones right, and all this is a bump on the road.

Dear CCP higher management, that arrogance was what put you in this situation, and led to the loss of subscribers therefore the lay off of 20% of your staff, that arrogance should be the one dismissed and laid off, I like to believe Hillmar doesn't know all happening inside, I do like to believe though he'll slap this higher-ups talking down on players, I hope he'll do it, or else this is just a cycle that will repeat itself in the future.

The whole paragraph:


I hope you guys don't end up playing alone in the awesomeness of your vision.

*snip*
People are stupid. A lot of EVE players are stupid. I am very happy that the devs understand this.

Also, a second hand quote (now third hand) is meaningless.

You're talking about 'other' people than you, right?

Unsubbed because of Hilmar's tone.

Sure, if it was quoted in some news article. I mean, after all, news articles that are online could NEVER be wrong.