Just think: all them months grinding level 4 missions to officer fit your marauders in highsec- you could've gotten 20b just by being in the right corporation..

That is- one of CCP's favorite corporations

So even Somer himself realize this is a bit shady and wouldn't be taken well when it hits the world, why else would he ask people to be quiet about it and not everyone sell at once. Nicely done there...

What separates this from a dev giving his own alliance blueprints...? I'd be very interested in hearing from CCP what made the decision to do this.

*sarcasm*But hey maybe this was discussed with CSM and they said it was a good idea...*/sarcasm*

/c

What else has been given we don't know about?

Maybe its just me but what is the problem? Afaik the ship is vanity and has zero extra bonus over the regular scorpion. .. people who run successful community sites usually get thier accounts for free like mad ani... and people dont seem to mimd about all that... so really I think you guys need to get a grip...

i still dont see how people are upset about this.

honestly

tech II bpo at a time before invention... sure

making me look at a door instead of a station... you betcha

giving out legacy items from eve lore... well ok kinda

making a ship that has no real value and is just a dust collector to give out as prizes and to people who they want to thank for promoting the game...

just dont see the rage on the last one.

the only reason i can see is there is some sort of entitlement issue here.

this is what happens from a generation of every one wins i guess.

as more are given away as prizes and such will its value not diminish as per the supply demand chart?

its value is not intrinsic... ccp did not set that price... eve players did based on a false assumption that there were a limited number of them.

Question:

If it was meant to be given as recognition, then why would CCP and Somer engage in collusion to keep it secret? Generally you "recognize" an organization publically, no? So we can all applaud them for their selfless sacrifice?

OK, I'm going to spell this out for the retards....

1. CCP gave Somer Ish Scorps on the sly (for whatever reason).
2.Somer says to employees - keep it quiet. When you sell them, do it as to not raise suspicion.

Why doesn't Somer want to raise suspicion?
Is it because they knew that they are worth a lot less now than their current market price, because there are actually 40% more available than the rest of the community were led to believe.

Why were they allowed to sell these items into a market that had no idea of their true worth at the time? I can answer that one - because CCP sanctioned it. CCP and Somer knew there were 40% more Ish Scorps seeded...nobody else did.

Somer said herself this was a unique thing CCP was doing for them

It doesn't matter if it was an Ish Scorp...it's the principle.

30 somewhat-inferior Scorpion variants that CCP never promised as capped in numbers has altered the balance of the game?

Pfftt. Pull the other one - it's got bells on.

If the CSMs response to this is along the lines of "this is fine, anyone who doesn't agree is just a child who is jealous" then... haha, oh wow

I'll be glad to be done with this company, and with this community, if thats how it works

People complaining is one thing,
but people unsubbing is a different one.

There's no "i have unsubbed"-thread which keeps growing and growing,
so i'm sure you understand why i'm a bit confused about the seriousness regarding the issue.

Nonetheless ... there seem to be enough people speaking up,
so we might just not yet have reached critical mass.

You will all be pleased to hear that because of the uproar from the community SOMER Blink have decided to redistribute this new-found wealth in the most appropriate way they can think of, by generating true, ingame content.

Over the coming weeks the Scorpion Ishukone Watch that were gifted to SOMER Blink members will be auctioned off and the proceeds will be donated to Goonswarm Federation and the CFC. In turn, the CFC will use this isk to form and fund a new squad which will be dedicated solely to taking over hi-sec POCOs when Rubicon goes live. This will serve to accelerate the changes that CCP have made to the game and give both nullsec and hisec players weeks if not months of new content.

I for one would like to thank SOMER Blink for doing the right thing and returning their questionably gained wealth back into active players hands.

The only way out for CCP is for them to pump out Ishukone Scorpions until their market value plumments to something relatively trivial like 500m isk. And do it plenty fast.