We are unable to comprehend the difference between an announced, (probably) random ship lottery used to promote an official Eve event through a 3rd party and directly and secretly gifting ships to a favored group of players within the game, all further discussion of the matter is prohibited.

"all further discussion of the matter is prohibited."


Silence, we kill you!

The Gaggings will continue, until moral improves!

We've altered the plan, pray we don't alter it further.

Well, we know who NOT to vote for next CSM right?'

In fact, protest DON'T VOTE AT ALL.

Link?

that did not work for the chumps in charge of the UK atm i did not vote and look what i got stuck with lolz

He's paraphrasing this.

Here's what I wanna know....

Why is the word 'gate' thrown on the end of anything that might be considered a scandal? What gate was involved exactly?

The swagate.

Yoloswagate?

Here's what I wanna know....

Why is the word 'gate' thrown on the end of anything that might be considered a scandal? What gate was involved exactly?

Here's what I wanna know....

Why is the word 'gate' thrown on the end of anything that might be considered a scandal? What gate was involved exactly?

It's a reference to Watergate. Google it.

Here's what I wanna know....

Why is the word 'gate' thrown on the end of anything that might be considered a scandal? What gate was involved exactly?

Here's what I wanna know....

Why is the word 'gate' thrown on the end of anything that might be considered a scandal? What gate was involved exactly?

Here's what I wanna know....

Why is the word 'gate' thrown on the end of anything that might be considered a scandal? What gate was involved exactly?

Learn history or repeat it.

Learn history or repeat it.

Good to get some closure, I know some of us got a bit angry over the mistakes that were made and doubted whether there was any point in continuing the farce that is CSM. Deep down we knew that in the end it would all be handled professionally and we could get on with the game that we love with lessons learnt.

Edit: Sorry for making a new thread but I couldn't find any open on the topic.

Where was this comment posted? I need it for my subscription cancellation.

I know what it is. The Watergate scandal took place in the Watergate Hotel, a place that exists and has the word 'gate' already in it, making it relevant. The only thing I can think of that might make sense is suddenly, everyone wants to uncover some big scandal and they want their scandal to be just as big as Watergate, so they use 'gate' on the end to make it seem bigger than it is. It is most frequently used, I've noticed, when there is no scandal at all, like Climategate, or this rubbish.

Nowhere. The post referred to can only be interpreted this way by someone with tinfoil literally running through their veins.

i dunno, the fact that eterne told us to post in 2 completely unrelated topics does tell us that he can't comprehend the difference in issues being discussed.
or, he, like many other people simply didn't bother to read the thread before posting.

There is no need to be mean, I'm sure he is trying, not everyone is fortunate enough to be good at their job.

There is no need to be mean, I'm sure he is trying, not everyone is fortunate enough to be good at their job.

Get banned son

Read my last post. I know what Watergate was. Learn not to assume.

God. They give out what, 30 scorpions and people start bitching up a storm. Talk about pathetic.

Please, unsub. Get out of here. Or contribute to the community and have a chance at getting rewarded for the effort if you manage to do something major. Most of the people bitching have zero chance to get any reward for doing anything because they are too stupid to set anything decent up in the first place.

Indeed, because its all about who gets the rewards from CCP now.. It used to be a spaceship game where the game content was how you earned stuff. I already unsubed btw. I only have one account, so no big deal, it will run out in January

I predict they continue with this stupidity and sooner or later even the slow ones will get it why it is a bad idea. I will see it in the news and soon after return to read the apologies, to amuse myself on the new promises about how awesome it will be from now on. And then I will resub because i'm stupid. or not!

Okay, so you seem to know where the suffix 'gate' comes from. Now we just need to clear up your definition of 'scandal'..

scan-+dal (skndl)
n.
1. A publicized incident that brings about disgrace or offends the moral sensibilities of society: a drug scandal that forced the mayor's resignation.
2. A person, thing, or circumstance that causes or ought to cause disgrace or outrage: a politician whose dishonesty is a scandal; considered the housing shortage a scandal.
3. Damage to reputation or character caused by public disclosure of immoral or grossly improper behavior; disgrace.
4. Talk that is damaging to one's character; malicious gossip.

If you know what Watergate was then you know why they throw "gate" on the end of a word directed at a scandal FFS.

Wow, who would have funk!

The thread lead nowhere!

I am so surprised!

Really!

\O_O/

See?

So far, nothing has caused any outrage. There is no outrage. There's a lot of overreacting and tantrum throwing, but no outrage.

it didn't lead to nowhere, it lead to two unrelated threads. did you not read CCP eterne's post? :D

Congratulations, you can read a dictionary. So far, nothing has caused any outrage. There is no outrage. There's a lot of overreacting and tantrum throwing, but no outrage.

Thanks. I did read it, but didn't interpret it the same way.

Hahahahahahahaha XD

One more time i'll point it out for the clueless masses:

They don't care.
You either make it a *real* issue for them,
or admit that you are clueless, whining, decadent, spoiled children
who believe that bitching around, even collectively, is enough to get taken seriously.

Well if you noticed he linked to two threads that dealt with an entirely different (but related subject), as noted in the OP of this thread. If Eterne had even read the title of my thread he would have realized it had to do with CCP rewarding SOMER Blink with the SIWs, not CCP handing them items to give away in their lottery. Commentary on the first subject is irrelevant to the threads that he linked, so it's essentially saying that we can't talk about it any more unless we make more threads about it (which is risky for reasons I don't think I have to expand upon here).

Well, to be fair, the thread in question was discussing the whole issue... not just the 30 IScorps. And the root of the issue is in the two threads linked.

to care, they'd have to read the thread; which evidently didn't happen.

Wrong perspective, Mrs. Stark.

They don't need to care, because "you" don't give them reason to care,
thus there is no real reason to read the thread in the first place.

Believe it or not, you do not get to decide when someone else is outraged. That's pretty much up to them. Similarly, if enough people are outraged over an issue it constitutes a scandal, whether you think it should or not. Some people don't think that politician's philandering should generate enough outrage to create scandals. Suck it up, buttercup.

Wrong perspective, Mrs. Stark.

They don't need to care, because "you" don't give them reason to care,
thus there is no real reason to read the thread in the first place.

No, it seems pretty clear to me that CCP had different reasons for the two giveaways. For the EVE Vegas event I'm sure CCP would have rather liked to do it themselves, but they didn't have any of the infrastructure to do such a thing themselves. Of course they overlooked some of the problems inherent in doing this (which is a separate issue entirely from the original prizes they chose for this event). Whereas for the SIW giveaway their intent was, as they stated, to reward them directly.

It's a reference to Watergate. Google it.

but all of my accounts are canceled? i cancel them the moment i have paid my subscription as i don't like having recurring subscriptions. so what do i do? :(

didn't ccp run a thing a while ago where you just sent an eve mail to a CCP account with a guess of a time, or an isk value or something on it, and the first one they received that was the closest guess won something? or did i dream that?

[

There is no outrage here, sorry. Even if you feel outrage, it's based on a misunderstanding at best, outright jealousy at worst. That doesn't constitute justified outrage in a rational man's book.

[snip]
Haha yeah, I do that too. So idk, man.

[snip]
Oh yeah, that's right. It was that event where EVE was trying for a record Peak Concurrent Users, and you sent an evemail guessing what the magic number was going to be. I forgot what the winner was supposed to get, though.

You can see here on GD that it's a virtual handful of people keeping these topics going. TBH, I think that's what drives some of them to be MORE outraged, the fact that many others of us are like "meh, it's just pixels".

just because only 5 people care that a local park is closing, doesn't stop stop the closing of a park being a bad thing.

Congratulations, you can read a dictionary. So far, nothing has caused any outrage. There is no outrage. There's a lot of overreacting and tantrum throwing, but no outrage.

Yes, while I can read and comprehend a dictionary. You apparently cannot..

outGÇórage (-êa-èt re+¬d-Æ)

n., v. -raged, -ragGÇóing. n.
1. an act of wanton cruelty or violence.
2. anything that strongly offends or affronts the feelings.
3. a powerful feeling of resentment or anger aroused by an injury, insult, or injustice.


Whilst you may not have any of these feelings, I think that the 74 page thread would indicate that many others do. It's good that you keep posting in the threads about something you don't care about though, it really shows how much you don't care. Heh.

CCP: You're not allowed to talk about CCP developers who directly spawn items for specific individuals in secret!

That is truly a worse response than anything I could have thought of

Interesting how you bolded injustice. Please, post the dictionary definition for that as well, just for posterity's sake, and explain how it applies to a community contributor being rewarded for their efforts.

injustice [+¬n-êd-Æ-îst+¬s]
n
1. the condition or practice of being unjust or unfair
2. an unjust act

Sure, we'll get down to the nitty-gritty on this then.

Is it fair to all Eve players that one ingame entity is selected arbitrarily to be secretly gifted ~600 billion isk worth of ships?

You could perhaps argue that this was a just reward for the effort they have put into the game. But in order to be 'fair' surely others who have put in equal amounts of effort and given the community great tools and services should be rewarded in the same way.

Would it be 'fair' if this isk injection was given to a group you were currently at war with? Would it be fair if this advantage was gifted to hisec gankers because they're very good at what they do? How about they gift a few Titans to The Mittani for providing content for 30,000 accounts as the head of the CFC, not to mention all the good work he's doing with his website?

For many, Eve is a competitive game so yes, gifting one entity an advantage just because a dev 'likes what they've done' is unjust and unfair.

11. Discussion of forum moderation is prohibited.

The discussion of EVE Online forum moderation actions generally leads to flaming, trolling and baiting of our ISD CCL moderators. As such, this type of discussion is strictly prohibited under the forum rules. If you have questions regarding the actions of a moderator, please file a petition under the Community & Forums Category.

17. Impersonation of another party is prohibited.

Forum users are strictly prohibited from impersonating any other party on the EVE Online forums. This includes but is not limited to ISD volunteers, CCP employees, CCP partners and other forum users. This also includes suggesting that an employee of CCP or an ISD volunteer will perform a task for you.

22. Post constructively.

Negative feedback can be very useful to further improve EVE Online provided that it is presented in a civil and factual manner. All users are encouraged to honestly express their feelings regarding EVE Online and how it can be improved. Posts that are non-constructive, insulting or in breach of the rules will be deleted regardless of how valid the ideas behind them may be. Users are also reminded that posting with a lack of content also constitutes non-constructive posting.

CCP Eterne wrote:
We are unable to comprehend the difference between an announced, (probably) random ship lottery used to promote an official Eve event through a 3rd party and directly and secretly gifting ships to a favored group of players within the game, all further discussion of the matter is prohibited.