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Amhra Rho
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Posted - 2013.09.27 12:55:00 -
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Another sign of rushed decision-making is the fact that the relative popularity and trustworthiness of SOMER Blink was not taken into account, or probably even assessed. If CCP had polled pilots about what they thought about S'Blink, it would be somewhere between lukewarm and dishwater. It's not about how trustworthy S'Blink really is - it's about how trustworthy pilots think they are.
Not the kind of group to announce an exciting alliance with. It would be like CCP rolling out a dazzling, sparkling marketing partnership with the Sansha Nation - it would go over like a fart in church.
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Amhra Rho
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Posted - 2013.09.27 13:36:00 -
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Domanique Altares wrote:Overall, I don't believe that the majority of players distrust them, and I do believe that most who play will be tripping over themselves to win these ships.
You and I disagree about S'Blink's trust level, and I'm basing that on the S'Blink cheerleading thread, which was five pages long (versus the anti-S'Blink thread with 32 pages), and more than half of the commentators in the cheerleading thread were SOMER Blink detractors.
I'll admit that the 32-page thread was not all detractors - there were some posters who are perhaps fine with SOMER Blink, but have a basic disapproval with CCP's decision on one of more than a few alternative levels. Meet me in the middle and agree with me that SOMER Blink is doubtless, at least, regarded as controversial. Controversial is not what CCP needs, given their past predilection for serially tripping over their bellbottoms.
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Amhra Rho
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Posted - 2013.09.27 14:16:00 -
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Domanique Altares wrote:I needn't meet you in the middle, because there is no controversy
You'll find me to be a hard sell on that theory. I've seen the weekend-long flame wars in Rens over the topic "Is SOMER Blink a scam?" many times, so again, I've got empirical evidence.
It's true that there are those few that swear by SOMER Blink. One guy in this thread, for instance, implies that he relies SOMER Blink for his income like some people use the lottery. But even then, using the service and liking/trusting them are two different things. Is SOMER Blink really the pilot's friend or is it simply their last resort? I don't like gambling - S'Blink or elsewhere - and I don't particularly trust them, but I may roll a few hundred million on a play for fun.
That doesn't mean they aren't controversial - they most definitely are. Could CCP have chosen a non-controversial way of handling this promotion? Sure. A lottery involving all the players equally.
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Amhra Rho
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Posted - 2013.09.27 14:33:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:If CCP ran absolutely everything past the CSM before initiating we would be in the same situation of the US Food and drug Administration in it taking 20 years to get anything approved and released for use.
Get Real.
It would take a single one-hour long meeting, max, and this sort of thing is exactly what CSM is for. There's no requirement that all CSM members be in total agreement, but CCP would hear voices from them that they're now hearing the hard way. Even taking what could be considered the most extreme scenario - CCP consults CSM who all say it's a great idea - at least CCP could come back to us in these forums and tell us that our own democratically elected player representatives disagree with us.
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Amhra Rho
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Posted - 2013.09.27 14:45:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:Amhra Rho wrote:Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:If CCP ran absolutely everything past the CSM before initiating we would be in the same situation of the US Food and drug Administration in it taking 20 years to get anything approved and released for use.
Get Real. It would take a single one-hour long meeting, max, and this sort of thing is exactly what CSM is for. There's no requirement that all CSM members be in total agreement, but CCP would hear voices from them that they're now hearing the hard way. Even taking what could be considered the most extreme scenario - CCP consults CSM who all say it's a great idea - at least CCP could come back to us in these forums and tell us that our own democratically elected player representatives disagree with us. An hour for each issue always facing the Devs ? Do you understand how complex and gigantic the number of issues is they deal with in development ? An hour ? Get Real.
Yes. I do. I have a metric crap ton of experience as a Project Manager in a similar environment - Fortune 5's as a matter of fact - and there is no way I'd be caught dead rolling out something of this magnitude without making for damm sure I've thought of everything first.
Other than it takes one Dev one hour, do you have a compelling reason not to consult CSM?
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