knobber Jobbler
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Posted - 2013.10.10 22:32:00 -
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CCP Guard wrote:l0rd carlos wrote:Kate stark wrote:also, generally, the people in the poker tournament put some extra effort in (you know, turning up to the poker tournament, and winning it) vs somer doing nothing that isn't day-to-day business for them. You make it sound like as if creating and maintaining a well know eve online fansite + infrastructure and handling with employees is effortless. This is a good point actually. While we totally understand that everyone has different opinions on different projects, there's no denying that it's not an everyday task to build something that a lot of our players like and use regularly. That goes for a lot of our fansites and other contributors. I'm constantly amazed at the sheer number of high level stuff we see coming from our community members.
How is it any different to running an alliance with forums, mumble, support services, politics, metagaming etc? It's creating content, takes work, gets in the news. I fail to see how you think it's at all defensible to give 1 person items which they can then sell and potentially do something like buy a small fleet of supercaps with. What would have CCP done if somer put those ships up for gambling, made a trillion profit off them at no loss to himself, then given it to say PL to go and evict an alliance from it's sov? 1 trillion would have covered all the losses from the fountain war on both sides. |
knobber Jobbler
Bat Country
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Posted - 2013.10.11 12:58:00 -
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Callduron wrote:Total storm in a teacup.
CCP has done nothing wrong and I feel no respect at all for thin-skinned narcissists who get furious any time someone else gets something nice that they don't get.
I'd like to see CCP carry on supporting people who put exceptional effort into the community and if people feel bitter maybe they should consider putting in an outstanding contribution.
Full disclosure: CCP Guard gave me a 30 day new account code at the Feb London meet. Think I got a Quafe bag once too. Encouraging fans is just business sense and helps us fall in love with the game.
OK, so think about this:
What happens if this had taken place in say June and Somer decided to keep all the profits of the ships it was given for its gambling site, and then say gave all those proceeds to an entity you were fighting at that time? Lets say it was 800b ISK to be on the safe side.
There is nothing wrong with encouraging community sites, as long its fair and balanced. However its pretty well known that CCP has a clique of community sites and anyone outside that gets nothing. |