Yea. CCP just shot themselves in the foot... well really in the @ss....

I actually feel bad for some of the people that blindly followed CCP's directions and got obliterated... And to think there was suppose to be sometype of.. story to this?

What would have made this event awesome and not a total and complete waste of my time would be CCP bridging everyone from the staging systems straight to null, into a reinforced node. That way we'd get a huge blob of empire bears vs a huge blob of null bears, it would lead to a laggy but fun fight and empire bears might actually get convinced that they can hold their own and people might make new alliances and/or join existing ones.

The way it was lead, however, reminded me of those factory lines where chickens are clamped into a conveyor belt that proceeds to cut their heads off.

I won't be joining any more live events, instead, I'll stay in my wh home and laugh at the people that do. TiDi is exactly the reason why nullsec sucks.

2/10 CCP, bad event is bad and you should feel bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fqAIjcb-fk
DarkSide.+Gorgon Empire+Bright Side of Death vs Everyone and The Backstabbers^W Unthinkables
Gathering all the pain on the way from heaven to hell: Sarum Prime - Doril - Hemin - RMOC-W
Despite of fact that my ship is dead, that our fleet was backstabbed - at the end of video, time dilation from 5 to 25%, lags - it was COOL!

1. http://kb.ds-alliance.com/battle/b9596/
2. http://kb.ds-alliance.com/battle/b9599/
3. http://kb.ds-alliance.com/battle/b9600/

Soundtrack:
1. Sagisu Shiro - The Ultimate Soldier ("EVANGELION:3.0"YOU CAN(NOT)REDO. DISC1)
2. Sagisu Shiro - Bataille d'Espace ("EVANGELION:3.0"YOU CAN(NOT)REDO. DISC2)

What would have made this event awesome and not a total and complete waste of my time would be CCP bridging everyone from the staging systems straight to null, into a reinforced node. That way we'd get a huge blob of empire bears vs a huge blob of null bears, it would lead to a laggy but fun fight and empire bears might actually get convinced that they can hold their own and people might make new alliances and/or join existing ones.

The way it was lead, however, reminded me of those factory lines where chickens are clamped into a conveyor belt that proceeds to cut their heads off.

I won't be joining any more live events, instead, I'll stay in my wh home and laugh at the people that do. TiDi is exactly the reason why nullsec sucks.

2/10 CCP, bad event is bad and you should feel bad.

You mean that we have no chance of wining and just serve to pad your killboard?

Whilst I fully appreciate that the Hisec players got expertly lead to their deaths, we need to spare a thought for the Lowsec, and Null sec players that didn't even make it to the second staging point LOL.

Over 2000 players set off, about 1300 through High and about 700 through low, by the time we got to the staging point, I think there were about 3 left, and on arrival at the staging point, it was clear that TiDi had claimed over 1000 pilots before the event even started.

I guess at least if this marks the end of incursions and the Multiboxing Diva Nerds. then perhaps the 4 hour warp through tar was worth it.

stuff

Maybe the event was to show the Empires dieing to the null sec alliances. What next? Goons taking over Gallente empire?

Made it to system but 2/3 of fleet die on the way. Made it back to empire in pod after running 5 gate camps.

I probably would have joined but there was a party at ccp headquarters so...

So a good time was had by all then?

food and beer paid by ccp so a pretty good time

A live event with thousands of other players trying to enjoy themselves

The event announcement would have been a good place to compile that kind of info for easy reference. A set of links, perhaps partner with E-Uni to use their library of instructional pages- would have gone far in people not feeling so utterly lost.

The locations seemed poor choices. A long slog for the high sec folks, but we null sec people only had to take a few actual gates after using our jump bridge networks in sov space. I got blown up and was able to reship and rejoin the fight within a few minutes. Not only was the convoy horrible in TiDi for the high sec people, but they were half the map from home.

While I appreciate what you are saying from an IG perspective the fact of the matter is that this didn't just affect IG Characters this affected real people in their real lives. Yes, "EVE is real" and all that but you know as well as I do that this was a disaster.

I personally put in time of work due to CCP's propaganda regarding this event. That was my choice, correct, and had it been the event it was advertised to be for all involved then I would as previously stated been bragging to all and sundry of how awesome EVE Online is and that I was there I was part of something that took EVE forward (pre-determined outcome assured) and that I had fun doing it.

Instead of the above, my Corp Mate logged for the night, I spent 4 hours in TiDi hell and I was docked in Sarum Prime the night before so it wasn't even getting to the 1st staging system where my TiDi hell started. En-route info was filtered through from the 3 channels we had open "Intergalatic Summit", "Live Events" and "The Summit" along with Local, Fleet etc and OFC Twitter. 3 jumps out from Shedoo and it was all over according to the channels of which nothing much was being pushed through.

So while I appreciate that IG lore and the propaganda machine will spin this fantastically it makes no matter to the fact that CCP abused it's player base of paying customers for what would appear to be 'Office Entertainment' and failed to deliver a LIVE Event and the preparation required to host it. Therefore it should apologise to those people who did attend to try and add content and that changed their actual lives to enable this.

EDIT:

Oh and I was burning as fast as possible under 10% TiDi in a Drake with my fleet strung out over 4/5 systems I believe from around 1900hrs. Didn't even get to our RV in Shedoo to form up and head in before it was declared over.

I've edited the above (while it was a good read and one of the most postive I've seen from one of "you guys" lol) this is what I posted in the threadnaught:



This rage I believe is nothing to do with the "PvP" side of this event but more to do with the above and that we were CCPd.

"So CCP took your assets, your time and your trust and then wasted them horribly?"
"Yes, ma'am" *sobs*
"Welcome to the club, new pilot" *pats back*

Want to buy another plex?

YOU HAVE TO BE F*^%#^ JOKING?!

Hopefully they will come to their senses on Monday.

And the headlines start on Eve News24: Greedy Goblin: The largest awox in the history of EVE Online.

Please CCP
This is no longer nullbears vs carebears,or discussing incompetence and implementation, the very ethics and structure of the company are now being ridiculed in major internet widely read sources.

This has gone beyond a disaster and has turned into an extinction level event.

This really needs an emergency response.

People on the Forums are begging for answers before we decide how we can justify being able to continue playing this game.
There are clearly many more on the internet who are deciding now without the benefit of your response.
This is of a massively greater magnitude than anything that has EVER happened before. IGNORING IT is just making things worse.

Please at least a short statement calling for calm.And assure people it is being treated seriously.

And the headlines start on Eve News24: Greedy Goblin: The largest awox in the history of EVE Online.

You don't really expect a response from CCP at the weekend do you?? They are using the weekend to try and find a way to put a positive spin on this debacle.

Well, it's EN24.... take it with a bucketload of salt.

Yeah, EN24 has long been discredited as a source of reliable and unbiased information. I'm surprised Rupert Murdoch isn't the owner.

Yeah, EN24 has long been discredited as a source of reliable and unbiased information. I'm surprised Rupert Murdoch isn't the owner.