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Weaselior
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2013.10.10 18:40:00 -
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I'd like a little more information on the SOMER lottery issue specifically as that was the really immense giveaway here and it's not really well addressed. Specifically, why an in-game business was given such immense prizes as "a fansite" that wound up making them almost certainly literally trillions of isk. It's not really addressed at all in your post: no indication of why SOMER, no indication of what process went on here and why the CSM was never consulted, no indication of what other "fansites" have gotten these sort of things.
It's not just that SOMER got the lottery gifts. It's that they were absolutely stupendously massive. There's also the seperate problem of Navigator officially declaring them Not A Scam.
The IWS issue would not have been nearly as big an issue without that: it's that both happened, and that the lottery gift to SOMER was already absurdly out of line. The IWS issue exacerbated the lottery issue, it wasn't the main problem. |
Weaselior
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2013.10.10 19:39:00 -
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CCP Guard wrote:A Research Alt wrote:This does not address at all the criteria CCP uses to determine "services rendered" and why Somer Blink got so much in the way of rewards while there are far more deserving entities for any particular criteria it would be reasonable for CCP to have used. The precise criteria isn't that scientific at the moment which is why we're planning to design a more transparent criteria for contributors and others as well. We selected to reward SOMER and his staff because the time was right to do stuff with them, Vegas sponsorship being an example. Same story with the SCL which was having an active period and doing really exciting things. The Vegas thing makes sense (though I think it was still a poor decision to reward a for-profit site and that shouldn't be repeated - sponsorships don't really change that because they're advertisements for SOMER). I think the immense value of the prizes - and that you could only get a reasonable shot at them by giving SOMER gigantic piles of money - was really poorly thought out. It'd have been one thing to let SOMER sponsor and host it or something, but tying the tickets themselves to giving SOMER money was...not good. |
Weaselior
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2013.10.10 19:41:00 -
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Cameron Freerunner wrote: 4. A Dev endorsed a player run lottery and specified that it was totally legitimate. CCP endorsements of player run businesses must never be allowed to happen. Ever. By endorsing one group over another, he has potentially crippled all of the competitors. Who would risk their ISK with anyone else?
Yeah, this was a serious, serious problem as well. There should not have been a CCP endorsement that SOMER is not a scam and has operated completely honestly for its entire history. I don't actually believe the research to verify that was done, but it was wrong even if it was. |
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